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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.

    Position settings

    A.
    Hanging indent

    B.
    Left-aligned list

    Note: The Left Indent, First Line Indent, and Tab Position settings in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box are paragraph attributes. For that reason, changing these settings in the Paragraph panel also changes bulleted and numbered list formats.
By default, bullets and numbers inherit some of their text formatting from the first character in the paragraph to which they’re attached. If the first character in one paragraph is different from the first characters in other paragraphs, the numbering or bullet character may appear inconsistent with the other list items. If this is not the formatting you desire, create a character style for numbers or bullets and apply it to your list by using the Bullets And Numbering dialog box.
Italicized first word of step 3 causes numbering to be italicized as well, unless you create character style for numbers and apply it to list.