I’ve been having this problem for a while. When I select one or more paragraphs, then Format > Bullets and Numbering, it indents the first line much more than the rest of the paragraph, e.g.
o This is my first line ....
Next ....
more lines ....
If I backspace from the first word (“This”) it removes the bullet. I’ve tried moving the indent triangles on the ruler, moving the tab stops, changing values in Format > Paragraph; nothing I’ve tried seems to work. Please advise.
Update …
Before bulleting these are just “normal” paragraphs, no special paragraph style, no direct formatting. I simply highlighted the paragraphs, selected Format > Bullets & Numbering, and clicked on the first ‘Bullets’ tab selection which is the small bullets. This indented the paragraphs such that the bullet itself was indented to the 1st tab stop. I wanted the bullets aligned with the left margin so I tried 2 things: 1) ‘Decrease Indent’ on the toobar and 2) dragging the indent markers on the ruler. In both cases the bullet and 2nd and following lines moved to the left, but the first line remained in place resulting in an extra indent for the first line.
Would a screen-shot help?