MS Word not creating new bullets when hitting return

Question

I'm experiencing a strange error that I am not familiar with.

• Can auto create bullet list with *
• Indenting and un-indenting with TAB works
• Automatic bulleted lists is selected in AutoCorrect options
• Performing a Repair of Microsoft office in Programs and Features does nothing

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For those who run into this in the future try forcing Word to rebuild the default style.

• Go to C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
• Change the name of the Normal.dotm (deleting it shouldn't cause problems) then open a new word document.

Word will rebuild the default styles and should resolve the problem... probably ;)

Answer 1

The bulleted lists are probably saved as a Style that specifies the following paragraph is formatted as "Normal" or a non-bulleted paragraph style.

Find the list in the Style gallery, right click, select modify, and check the drop-down menu for "Style for the following paragraph."