>                         Here is the parent
 >                         - here is bullet para 1
 >                         - here is bullet para 2
 >                         - here is para 3
 >                         - etc.
 > I really need a paragraph formatting attribute that says, not
 > 'keep with next', but "KEEP WITH PREVIOUS".
You appear to not understand the purpose of the Keep with Next.  It is when 
the text automatically breaks to the next page.  What you are trying to do 
with the concept of Keep with Previous is forcing more to print on the page 
than the other settings (margin, page size, printer limits) allow.  Why would 
you want to do that?  If your object is to keep those items together, the 
Keep with Next and/or the Keep Lines Together will adequately fill your 
eds.
 > Applying such a style to the four bulleted paragraphs shown above
 > would keep them together as a family with their parent paragraph.
So would Keep with Next.
 > Why hasn't word6 thought of this? Or alternatively, why haven't I
 > stumbled upon it? It seems like such a natural feature.
Because, as I stated above, you would be forcing more printing on the page 
than other elements allow.
Lawrence
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