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Format a bulleted or numbered list

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USING INCOPY CS4 212 Typography Note: Automatically generated bullet and number characters aren't actually inserted in the text. Therefore, they cannot be found during a text search or selected with the Type tool unless you convert them to text. In addition, bullets and numbering don't appear in the story editor window (except in the paragraph style column). For a video tutorial on creating bulleted and numbered lists, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0077. 1 Select the set of paragraphs that will become the list, or click to place the insertion point where you want the list to begin. 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 217 "Create multi-level lists" on page 217 Bulleted and Numbered Lists video 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. Updated 29 April 2009

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USING INCOPY CS4
Typography
Note:
Automatically generated bullet and number characters aren’t actually inserted in the text. Therefore, they cannot
be found during a text search or selected with the Type tool unless you convert them to text. In addition, bullets and
numbering don’t appear in the story editor window (except in the paragraph style column).
For a video tutorial on creating bulleted and numbered lists, see
www.adobe.com/go/vid0077
.
1
Select the set of paragraphs that will become the list, or click to place the insertion point where you want the list to
begin.
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
217
Create multi-level lists
” on page
217
Bulleted and Numbered Lists video
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.
Updated 29 April 2009