Writer Guide

If you need your list to have specific paragraph-style properties, you
should embed the list style into paragraph styles, as explained in
Chapter 7. You can then create a numbered list by applying paragraph
styles alone.
Each of the list styles predefined in Writer has four associated
paragraph styles. For example, the Numbering 1 list style is associated
with four paragraph styles:
• Numbering 1
• Numbering 1 Cont.
• Numbering 1 End
• Numbering 1 Start
Numbering 1 is a default paragraph style to which you can attach a list
style. If you want to make exclusive use of paragraph styles and never
use the Formatting toolbar when creating a numbered list, you could
use the other three styles. All you need to do is to create a suitable list
style and set up the Next Style property in the Organizer page of the
Paragraph Style dialog box so that the Numbering 1 Start paragraph is
followed by the Numbering 1 Cont. style, while the Numbering 1 End
paragraph style is followed by a default style paragraph.
If you only want to apply a list style (that is, the numbering or bullet
symbol and the indentation) then, when the cursor is on the paragraph
to be numbered, double-click on the desired list style.
When creating a list style, you can define up to ten levels of depth for
nested lists. Switch from one level to the other with either the
Promote or the Demote buttons on the Bullets and Numbering
toolbar or by pressing the Tab key (one level down) or Shift+Tab key
combination (one level up) or by right clicking on the list element and
select Up One Level or Down One Level from the pop up menu.
Restarting the numbering
When creating more than one numbered list of the same type within
the same chapter, Writer applies progressive numbering to all the lists.
Sometimes this is exactly what you want, while at other times you want
to restart the numbering. To do so, either click on the Restart
numbering icon on the Bullets and Numbering toolbar or right-
click on the first element of the list and select Restart numbering.
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