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Why does the margin on a numbered list over 99 become large (2007 Word)?

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Have a numbered list in 2007 Word. Everything was fine until item 100. At 100 and on, the margin between the number and the text is very large. How do I make it normal? Thanks! i.e.-

Error Output

98. texttexttexttexttext
99. texttexttexttexttext  
100.        texttexttexttexttext<--Can't get just one space between number and text?
101.        …

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The default hanging indent value (i.e., how far in the text begins) isn't wide enough for the 3-digit numbers. (Default seems to be for the number itself to be indented 0.25", and the following text indented 0.5", which leaves only 0.25" for the num…

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