Bullets & Numbering

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#1

I see all manner of numbering schemes, but not the one I want.

I want:

1.
     a.
     b.
     c.
2.

etc.

Please note each one ends in a period (.) and that's what I'm looking for.

1.
     a) is not what I want.

(well, the person I'm trying to help doesn't want that). It's for a legal document.

Is it possible? If so, how?

Thank you in advance.

- Andrew

#2

Yes, but it is not predefined, so would have to do that yourself via the
Bullets & Numbering dialog, in the Options tab.

Alex

#3

Hi :slight_smile:
So that is

Format - "Bullets and Numbering"

then select any roughly near what you are looking for from the
"Outline" tab and click on the last tab "Options" to fix it the way
you like
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#4

I have some detailed explanations here:

http://www.ahuka.com/?page_id=522
http://www.ahuka.com/?page_id=529
http://www.ahuka.com/?page_id=542

Regards,

#5

If you intend to use this Bullets and numbering you want a lot, I would create a style for it, may be call it legal style. You can then apply it repeatedly with a couple of clicks and copy it to other documents.
steve

#6

Thank you Kevin, Alex, Tom & Steve for responding. Your suggestion works for the simple case just fine.

I suppose now I have a different yet very related question. The document is more complex and I can't get it to work right.

Kevin, your articles are helpful, though I admit I skipped the first one.

For example:

1. Level One
     a. Level Two
     b.
     c.
     d.
     e.
     f.
     g.
         i. Level Three
         ii.
     h.
     i.
     j.
     k.
2.
3.
4.
     a.
     b.
5.
etc.

I've tried various things, none of them will give me the above structure. It refuses to "number" item 1h (or anything thereafter) properly. Kevin, I read your article 2 and 3 which are very informative. But I'm still unable to get it to behave. It will do a variety of (mostly bizarre) things. At various points it made the "h" an "a", if I restart numbering, a "b", if I continue the previous numbering an "o" for some reason, a bullet when I hit enter after g.ii., and absolutely nothing at one point. Clearly I'm doing something wrong, but I'm at a loss as to determine what it is.

Thank you in advance for any helpful suggestions.

#7

Hi,

I've tried various things, none of them will give me the above
structure. It refuses to "number" item 1h (or anything thereafter)
properly. Kevin, I read your article 2 and 3 which are very
informative. But I'm still unable to get it to behave. It will do a
variety of (mostly bizarre) things. At various points it made the "h"
an "a", if I restart numbering, a "b", if I continue the previous
numbering an "o" for some reason, a bullet when I hit enter after g.ii.,
and absolutely nothing at one point. Clearly I'm doing something wrong,
but I'm at a loss as to determine what it is.

In the "options" tab of "bullets and numbering" :

- set Level 1 to use numbers;
- set Level 2 to use lower case letters;
- set Level 3 to use romanized lower case letters

When typing use return to add a new line with the same numbering level
style, and Tab to indent and switch to the numbering level style below.

Empty new lines seem to remove the numbering style settings.
Using Shift-Tab to move up a numbering style level doesn't work as
expected if you are on the last line of your document, it jumps two
levels up (I don't consider that to be normal behaviour, but maybe that
is how it is designed).

Alex

#8

If I want an "empty new line" WITHOUT changing the level I'm on, and without giving a "bullet or number" to that empty line, then I create the empty line by typing [ctrl]-[enter] at the end of the previous line.

Also, in the Formatting toolbar, the "Decrease Indent" (or [ctrl]-[alt]-[left arrow]) and "Increase Indent" (or [ctrl]-[alt]-[right arrow]) icons are helpful.

Hope this helps,
Tim Deaton

#9

Hi :slight_smile:
New questions should always be posted as a fresh new thread with a new
subject-line. This helps attract people who might have a clue about
the new problem rather than the old one also helps make the archive
more useful. However, this looks like the same problem to me = it's
just that you have made some progress, just not quite got all the way
yet.

When the numbering starts you find a new tool-bar appears with lots of
different fat arrows pointing up down and sideways. I usually drag it
to snap-in at the bottom. It's kinda useful to play around with what
the different arrows do. When i tried to copy your list and got to g.
iii. i pressed the fat arrow that points left and the list dropped it
from iii to h.

Once again proving that fat things can be useful. Ok, the arrow is
not hugely fat but it's still very useful.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#10

HI :slight_smile:
Ah, i like that. Another way seems to be to do all the numbering
really close together as is default and then go back through the list
and press enter on it's own to add an extra line. Of course it's also
possible to configure your styles so that lists behave slightly
differently to the body-text
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: