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Get rid of unwanted bold on your automatic numbers

Have you ever had this situation:

1.  This is your first item

2.  This is your second item with the number annoyingly appearing in bold


This happens when the last word or character in the paragraph was previously bold. Word stores formatting information for each paragraph in the paragraph symbol at the end of each paragraph.

To cure this problem( up to and including Word 2003):

  1. Reveal the paragraph symbol at the end of item 2. (click on the Show/Hide paragraph symbol button on the Standard toolbar)
  2. Select the paragraph symbol and click on the Bold button to remove the bold

Magic!