Also uncheck “Format the beginning of list like the one before it.” at Auto Correct>Autoformat as you type>Automatically as you type.
If you want a new line without the auto number bullet, type in Shift + Enter instead of just Enter. Or are you trying to type thus:
1) Japanese sentence.
1) English translation.
2) Another Japanese sentence.
2) The English equivalent.
3)
3)
etc. ?
Running an old IBM Aptiva 2165J with W98J first edition.
Working on an MS Word document stripped from a PDF. It is a Service Manual I am translating from Japanese to English. I have a line of Japanese starting with 1) etc. I want to type a line under it starting with 1) for English, but whe I hit Enter at the end of the line I get 2) on the next line. I set bullets and numbers to "none" while highlighting the entire doc. I also went to TOOLS Autocorrect and unclicked the two lines for autoformat bulletts and numbers as you type (I think I got the right ones. I don't read Japanese all that well.
Why are difficult things so easy in MS Word and simple things so difficult?
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