Editing Microsoft Word (section)

===Bullets and numbering===
Microsoft Word supports [[bullet list]]s and [[numbered list]]s. It also features a numbering system that helps add correct numbers to pages, chapters, headers, footnotes, and entries of tables of content; these numbers automatically change to correct ones as new items are added or existing items are deleted. Bullets and numbering can be applied directly to paragraphs and converted to lists.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McGhie|first1=John|title=Word's numbering explained|url=http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm|website=word.mvps.org|date=March 26, 2011|access-date=January 10, 2015|archive-date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209033637/http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Word 97 through 2003, however, had problems adding correct numbers to numbered lists. In particular, a second irrelevant numbered list might have not started with number one but instead resumed numbering after the last numbered list. Although Word 97 supported a hidden marker that said the list numbering must restart afterward, the command to insert this marker (Restart Numbering command) was only added in Word 2003. However, if one were to [[Cut, copy, and paste|cut the first item of the listed and paste it]] as another item (e.g. fifth), then the restart marker would have moved with it and the list would have restarted in the middle instead of at the top.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ListRestartMethods.htm |title=Methods for restarting list numbering |website=Word.mvps.org |date=March 26, 2011 |first=Margaret |last=Aldis |access-date=April 25, 2007 |archive-date=May 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509134228/http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/ListRestartMethods.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Word continues to default to non-Unicode characters and non-hierarchical bulleting, despite user preference for PowerPoint-style symbol hierarchies (e.g., filled circle/emdash/filled square/endash/emptied circle) and universal compatibility.