Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 446)

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Alignment
Left Indent
First Line Indent
Click the Bulleted List button or the Numbered List button in the Control panel (in Paragraph mode). Hold down Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) while clicking a button to display the Bullets And Numbering dialog box.
Choose Bullets And Numbering from the Paragraph panel or Command panel. For List Type, choose either Bullets or Numbers. Specify
the settings you want, and then click OK.
Apply a paragraph style that includes bullets or numbering.
3. To continue the list in the next paragraph, move the insertion point to the end of the list and press Enter or Return.
4. To end the list (or list segment, if the list is to be continued later in the story), click the Bulleted List or Numbered List button in the Control
panel again, or choose Bullets And Numbering from the Paragraph panel menu.
Format a bulleted or numbered list
1. Using the Type tool , select the bulleted or numbered paragraphs you want to reformat.
2. Do any of the following to open the Bullets And Numbering dialog box:
Choose Bullets And Numbering from the Control panel menu (in Paragraph mode) or the Paragraph panel menu.
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) either the Bulleted List button or the Numbered List button .
3. In the Bullets And Numbering dialog box, do any of the following:
Change the bullet character.
Change the numbered list options.
Choose a style for the numbers or bullets from the Character Style list.
4. To change the position of the bullet or number, specify any of the following:
Left-aligns, centers, or right-aligns the bullets or numbers within the horizontal space allotted for numbers. (If this space is
narrow, the difference between the three options is negligible.)
Specifies how far the lines after the first line are indented.
Controls where the bullet or number is positioned.
Increase the First Line Indent value if you want the punctuation in long lists to be aligned. For example, if you want “9.” and “10.” to be
aligned on the period, change the Alignment to Right and gradually increase the first line indent until the numbers align (make sure Preview
is turned on).
To create the hanging indent effect, specify a positive Left Indent value (such as 2p0), and then specify an equal negative value (such as -
2p0) for First Line Indent.
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