Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 245)

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2 Do any of the following:
• 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.
See also
“Create a paragraph style for running lists” on page 243
“Create multi-level lists” on page 243
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:
Alignment 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.)
Left Indent Specifies how far the lines after the first line are indented.
First Line Indent Controls where the bullet or number is positioned.
Tab Position Activates the tab position to create space between the bullet or number and the start of the list item.