Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

Thanks Séamas,  I've about reached the same conclusion just not so sure 
how to go about it.

Thanks again...

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On 04/11/2012 12:23 PM, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote:
> David:
>
> You should probably be aware that the automatic bullet feature (and the
> automatic numbering feature) in Microsoft Word does not place the
> appropriate characters within the text, as it seems to do, but simulates
> them by means of templates that are stored in another part of the file
> (if I understand correctly). When a text containing bullets added by
> this feature is opened in a different application the bullets may change
> to different characters, or to numbers, or may be lost completely.
>
> I presume something similar happens when the process is reversed.
>
> I would strongly advocate not using this feature at all but, if you want
> bullets, to add them explicitly as characters.
>
> For outline numbering or dynamic numbering generally I don’t think there
> is any solution other than substituting the actual numbers as plain text
> before converting a document.

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