Customise
Sets the formatting options for ordered or unordered 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 Customise 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.
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
Number
Select a numbering scheme for the selected levels.
| Selection | Description |
|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3, ... | Arabic numerals |
| A, B, C, ... | Capital letters |
| a, b, c, ... | Lower-case letters |
| I, II, III, ... | Roman numerals (upper-case) |
| i, ii, iii, ... | Roman numerals (lower-case) |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ... | Ordinal numerals |
| One, Two, Three, ... | Cardinal numerals |
| A,... AA,... AAA,... | Alphabetical numbering with upper-case letters |
| a,... aa,... aaa,... | Alphabetical numbering with lower-case letters |
| Bullet | Adds a character bullet to the beginning of a line. Select this option, use the Character style drop-down menu to choose the bullet character style, and then press the Select button to open the Special Characters dialogue box to choose the bullet character. 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. |
| 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 is 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 is inserted as a link to the image file. |
| None | Does not apply a numbering scheme. |
The availability of the following fields depends on the numbering scheme that you select in the Number box.
Start at
Enter a new starting number for the current level.
Character Style
Select the Character Style that you want to use in an ordered 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 outline format. For example, if you enter "2" and the previous level uses the "A, B, C..." numbering scheme, the numbering scheme for the current level becomes: "A.1".
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 an ordered list that uses the style "1.)", enter ".)" in this box.
ColourColour
Select a colour for the current numbering scheme.
Relative sizeRelative size
Enter the amount by which you want to resize the bullet character with respect to the font height of the current paragraph.
Options for graphics:
Graphics
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.