These and other new Word 2002 features make it easy to work with various list architectures. Smart Numbering Techniques. Word 2002 improves the way users work with bulleted and numbered lists. Users can manually edit the number or bullet in the list or drag and drop bullets to change indents. Word 2002 is now smarter in the way it handles bulleted and numbered lists, causing fewer undesired results for the user working with combined lists, sub-levels, tabbing, or plain text.
Users now can define a style for a bulleted or numbered list.
This makes it easy to make one list look exactly like another list by replicating the same indents and formatting. This functionality finds inconsistencies in formatting and allows the user to quickly fix them to create a consistent, professional looking document. Additionally, it can automatically fix formatting problems such as odd bullets and numbering and mixed paragraph spacing. This feature allows users to keep two elements of text on the same line, even though only one of those elements is to be included in the Table of Contents. It's a special hidden paragraph mark that doesn't affect the layout of a document when you display paragraph marks or generate a table of contents.