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How do I create a simple outline-style numbered list? It should look like:
1. List Title
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There are two tools in OpenOffice.org that give you the ability to create numbered lists. One is the Format Stylist, accessed by selecting Stylist from the pulldown menu. It will open in a separate window and will default to opening the "Paragraph Styles" view. If you click on the fifth icon from the left, "Numbering Styles", you will see a list of pre-defined number styles. The other tool that you need is the numbering toolbar. At the extreme far right of the text toolbar (the bar that displays font name, font size, etc.), there is a small arrow that points to the left. Click on it. You will now see the numbering toolbar. You will not see this arrow if you are not already in a text area that has a numbering style assigned. It turns out that the numbering you want for the simple list above is already defined in the pre-defined numbering styles. If the style you need does not exist, you may also create your own styles. To create the list above:
Type in your text. The paragraph style that you use should not matter. This procedure was tested using the "Text body" paragraph style.
Select all the text by drag selecting.
Double-click on the numbering style "Numbering 5". List numbers (but not the sub-numbers) should appear.
Click on the left pointing arrow to the far right of the text toolbar. This will expose the numbering toolbar.
Place your text cursor into the list item that says "First item".
Click on the right pointing arrow (the single one) in the numbering toolbar. Its name is "Move Level Down". This item should now have the number "1.1" in front of it.
Repeat the above step for the other sub-list items.
If you need to make your own list numbering style, it is suggested to select one of the existing styles that is similar (in the Stylist), then right click to get a context menu. Select "New..." to make a new style based on the style that was selected. You will get a dialog with many tabs that allow you to configure your own numbering style. By the way, you can set up heading numbering the same way. Each heading level can be assigned a different paragraph style (e.g. Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3) but they all would be assigned the same NUMBERING style - so the list would number correctly. Note: OpenOffice.org will often make numbering difficult when you do the following actions:
Hit the back space key when you are in the style following a numbering style
Insert unnumbered styles between numbered styles
Output to HTML format with noncontiguous numbered and unnumbered styles
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