WD98: Default Bullet Format Lost After Reopening HTML File (180061)

SYMPTOMS

If you use the Web Page wizard to generate an HTML document that contains bullets, clicking the Bullet button on the Standard toolbar may not give you a bullet of the same style if you have closed and reopened the HTML document.

CAUSE

The bullets generated by the Web Page wizard are GIF pictures. They are not created with the standard internal bulleting mechanism that Word uses in non-HTML documents.

Closing and reopening the HTML document runs the HTML tags through the HTML converter and the current status of the default bullet is lost.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Insert GIF Image of Bullet

To re-insert the bullet you want, follow these steps:

On the Format menu, click Bullets And Numbering.
Click More and find the GIF image that represents the bullet of your choice (in the Microsoft Office 98:Clipart:Bullets folder).
Click Insert.

Method 2: Use Copy and Paste

To use the Copy and Paste commands, follow these steps:

Click on one of the bullets in your document that you want to copy.
On the Edit menu, click Copy.
Move the insertion point to where you want to paste the bullet image.
On the Edit menu, click Paste.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about using bullets and numbering with web pages, click the Office Assistant, type HTML bullets, click Search, and then click to view "Learn about bullets and numbering on Web pages."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

179216 OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

For additional information about this problem in Microsoft Word for Windows, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

164011 WD97: Default Bullet Format Lost After Reopening HTML File