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# Options

Sets the formatting options for numbered or bulleted lists. If you want, you can apply formatting to individual levels in the list hierarchy.

To access this command...

Choose Format - Bullets and Numbering. Open Options tab page.

Open Styles - Presentation Styles - context menu of an Outline Style - choose New/Modify.

Open Styles - List Styles - context menu of an entry - choose New/Modify.

## Format

Select the level(s) that you want to modify, and then specify the formatting that you want to use.

## Level

Select the level(s) that you want to define the formatting options for. The selected level is highlighted in the preview.

### Numbering

Select a numbering style for the selected levels.

Selection | Description
1, 2, 3, ... | Arabic numerals
A, B, C, ... | Capital letters
a, b, c, ... | Lowercase letters
I, II, III, ... | Roman numerals (uppercase)
i, ii, iii, ... | Roman numerals (lowercase)
A,... AA,... AAA,... | Alphabetical numbering with uppercase letters
a,... aa,... aaa,... | Alphabetical numbering with lowercase letters
Bullet | Adds a bullet to the beginning of a line. Select this option, and then click the Character button to choose a bullet style. Bullets are resized to fit the current line height. If you want, you can define a Character Style that uses a different font size for bullets.
Image | Displays an image for the bullet. Select this option, and then click Select to locate the image file that you want to use. The image gets embedded into the document.
Linked graphics | Displays an image for the bullet. Select this option, and then click Select to locate the image file that you want to use. The image gets inserted as a link to the image file.
None | Does not apply a numbering style.

The availability of the following fields depends on the style that you select in the Numbering box.

### Before

Enter a character or the text to display in front of the number in the list.

### After

Enter a character or the text to display behind the number in the list. If you want to create a numbered list that uses the style "1.)", enter ".)" in this box.

### Character Styles

Select the Character Style that you want to use in the numbered list. To create or edit a Character Style, open the Styles window, click the Character Styles icon, right-click a style, and then choose New.

### Show sublevels

Enter the number of previous levels to include in the numbering style. For example, if you enter "2" and the previous level uses the "A, B, C..." numbering style, the numbering scheme for the current level becomes: "A.1".

### Start at

Enter a new starting number for the current level.

### Color Color

Select a color for the current numbering style.

### Relative size Relative size

Enter the amount by which you want to resize the bullet character with respect to the font height of the current paragraph.

### Character

Opens the Special Characters dialog, where you can select a bullet symbol.

### Options for graphics:

### Select...

Select the graphic, or locate the graphic file that you want to use as a bullet.

### Width

Enter a width for the graphic.

### Height

Enter a height for the graphic.

### Keep ratio

Maintains the size proportions of the graphic.

### Alignment

Select the alignment option for the graphic.

## All levels

Set the numbering options for all of the levels.

### Consecutive numbering

Increases the numbering by one as you go down each level in the list hierarchy.