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as bullets: period (.), comma (,), close parenthesis ()), close angle bracket
(>), close square bracket (]), and close curly bracket (}).
■ Use Tab Delimiter Only: Limits the Allow Auto-list and Allow Bullets and
Lists options. List formatting is applied to text only when the space after
the letter, number, or bullet character was created by Tab, not Space.
■ Allow Bullets and Lists: When this option is selected, list formatting is applied
to all plain text in the multiline text object that looks like a list. Text that
meets the following criteria is considered to be a list. The line begins with
(1) one or more letters or numbers or a symbol, followed by (2) punctuation
after a letter or number, (3) a space created by pressing Tab, and (4) some
text before the line is ended by Enter or Shift+Enter.
When you clear the check mark, any list formatting in the multiline text
object is removed and the items are converted to plain text. Allow Auto-list
is turned off, and all the Bullets and Lists options are unavailable except
Allow Bullets and Lists.
Columns Displays options for columns. See the
Columns menu on page 779.
(Not available for single-line text.)
Find and Replace Displays the Find and Replace dialog box.
Change Case Changes the case of selected text. Options are Uppercase and
Lowercase.
AutoCAPS Converts all new and imported text to uppercase. AutoCAPS does
not affect existing text. To change the case of existing text, select the text and
right-click. Click Change Case.
Character Set Displays a menu of code pages. Select a code page to apply it
to the selected text. (Not available for single-line text.)
Combine Paragraphs Combines selected paragraphs into a single paragraph
and replaces each paragraph return with a space. (Not available for single-line
text.)
Remove Formatting Removes character formatting for selected characters,
paragraph formatting for a selected paragraph, or all formatting from a selected
paragraph. (Not available for single-line text.)
Background Mask Displays the
Background Mask dialog box. (Not available
for table cells and single-line text.)
Stack Creates stacked text, for example, fractions, if the selected text contains
stack characters. Also, unstacks text if stacked text is selected. When the stack
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