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# fred jack
Why is word so fecking shite? It's more like a bloody fight than a tool to write documents.

How do I do this?

  * something - my description goes here but
                wraps onto the next line.

and not this:

  * something - my description goes here but
    wraps onto the next line.


Edit:Thanks for all the suggestions. I've done it now but word is still fecking shite.
(I helped save b3ta! Mond, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:31, archived)
# Tables are your friend
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:33, archived)
# but look out for chairs
they're complete bastards they are.
(I helped save b3ta! Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:35, archived)
# I put it in a table
and it looked bloody shite.
(I helped save b3ta! Mond, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:36, archived)
# Right click on the table
bring up the properties and make the lines invisible.
(I helped save b3ta! Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:37, archived)
# so doesn't
(I helped save b3ta! Mond, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:49, archived)
# does too
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:53, archived)
# Format > Paragraph
Set the "Indentation" to hanging

(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:38, archived)
# We're lovely
aren't we?
(I helped save b3ta! Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:42, archived)
# totally
(I helped save b3ta! Mond, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:44, archived)
# we are
scary really. when the woman at work asks me stuff like that i tell her to fuck off. tsk.
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:45, archived)
# Yeah I used to do that
when I was IT support too:)
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:51, archived)
# pffffft
IT support indeed.

she asks me because i'm "a writer, so you must know how to so that in Word". stupid cow.
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:56, archived)
# Depends what mood I'm in
usually I'm a git, but yesterday my agency found me what may be my ideal job...

/fingers crossed
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:45, archived)
# Bastard
I can't even get bloody interviews.

good luck
(I helped save b3ta! Mond, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:48, archived)
# Ta
Haven't got an interview yet...
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:55, archived)
# you
got the fluffer job then?
(I helped save b3ta! thorpe www.voodootrombonequartet.com, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:49, archived)
# hehehe
(I helped save b3ta! Mond, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:49, archived)
# Assistant Luber
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:51, archived)
# dunno
use bullets and slidey margin things?
(I helped save b3ta! biscuits_alive taste my rainbow, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:34, archived)
# tab
then drag the little bit on the ruler until its all in line...I'm using a 1994 version of Word so it may have changed...
(RowdsterDelux, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:35, archived)
# I've tried that
but the whole thing shunts along.

Edit:Okay I was moving the wrong thing. fanks.
(I helped save b3ta! Mond, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:35, archived)
# there are
TWO little slidey things!

One of them offsets the first line of paragraph, one of them offsets the rest. THey're on the top and bottom of the ruler, not sure which is which.

Luck!

Also, mess around with bullets if you're still having problems. Bullets and those slidey things.
(I helped save b3ta! Ratsta, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:37, archived)
# you want the indent buttons


they shift just that line along and no bullet points etc...
(I helped save b3ta! Lord_Munkee, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:40, archived)
# The tab stops
are always handy.
(I helped save b3ta! Erik Lonnröt, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:36, archived)
# indent and then ctrl shift when you want to para
(I helped save b3ta! thebear is thebear, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:39, archived)
# Format > Paragraph
in the "Special" box select "Hanging"

i think.
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 9 Apr 2003, 11:43, archived)