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I have a custom multilevel list style in Microsoft Word 2010 which uses a mix of bullets and numbers.

Mixed list style

Whenever I try to change the bullet for single level, it ends up changing list items from every level to use the same bullet.

gif - list style changing

This issue only happens when using my custom multilevel list style. If I format my list with one of the default styles, I'm able to change individual levels without issue.

Why does changing the symbol for a single bullet level affect the entire multilevel list, and how can I prevent this from happening?

*I've uploaded a sample word document and screenshot of my multilevel list style for reference.

Stevoisiak
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I have found something that works for me. I'm using Word 2010. If I create a list like you have, place the cursor on the line I want to change, and then select the new bullet type, it will change all the lines in that "bullet group". However, if I instead highlight the entire line of the bullet that I want to change, it will only change that one line. This behavior is not intuitive to me, and I have to re-learn how to do this every time I come across it, but at least this seems to work.

Scot Dixon
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