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Outline & List

Adds or removes outline level, list style, and line numbering from the paragraph or paragraph style. You can also restart or modify the start number for numbered lists and line numbering.

To access this command...

Choose Format - Paragraph - Outline & List tab.

Right-click a paragraph, choose Paragraph - Paragraph - Outline & List tab.

Right-click a paragraph, choose Paragraph - Edit Style - Outline & List tab.

Choose Styles - Edit Style - Outline & List tab (Paragraph Styles).

Choose View - Styles - open context menu Modify/New - List & Numbering tab (Paragraph Styles).

  1. To change the numbering options for paragraphs that use the same paragraph style, choose View - Styles, and then click the Paragraph Styles icon. Right-click the style in the list, choose Modify, and then click the Outline & Numbering tab.

  2. To change the numbering options for selected paragraphs, choose Format - Paragraph, and then click the Outline & Numbering tab.

Outline

Outline level

Assigns an outline level from 1 to 10 to the selected paragraphs or Paragraph Style. Select Text Body to reset the outline level.

Apply List Style

List Style

Select the List Style that you want to apply to the paragraph. These styles are also listed in the Styles window (F11) if you click the List Styles icon.

Edit Style

Edit the properties of the selected list style. These properties will apply to all paragraphs formatted with the given list style.

This button is disabled when Chapter Numbering is applied. Choose Tools - Chapter Numbering to edit the outline level and numbering format.

Outline level and List style are independent of each other. Use Tools - Chapter Numbering to assign a numbering format to paragraph styles used as headings in a document outline structure.

This section only appears when you edit the properties of the current paragraph by choosing Format - Paragraph.

Restart numbering at this paragraph

Restarts the numbering at the current paragraph.

Start with

Select this check box, and then enter the number that you want to assign to the paragraph.

"Start with" spin button

Enter the number that you want to assign to the paragraph. The following paragraphs are numbered consecutively from the number that you enter here.

Line numbering

Specify the Line numbering options. To add line numbers to your document, choose Tools - Line Numbering.

Include this paragraph in line numbering

Includes the current paragraph in the line numbering.

Restart at this paragraph

Restarts the line numbering at the current paragraph, or at the number that you enter.

Start with

Enter the number at which to restart the line numbering

Reset

Resets changes made to the current tab to those applicable when this dialogue box was opened.

The following buttons appear only for Paragraph Style.

Apply

Applies modifications on all tabs without closing dialogue box. Cannot be reverted with Reset.

Reset to Parent

Values for the current tab are set to those found in the corresponding tab of the style specified in “Inherit from” in Organiser. In all cases, also when “Inherit from” is “- None -”, current tab values specified in “Contains” are removed.