Writer Guide

paragraph style using the Numbering page of the Paragraph Style
dialog box, and then apply only the paragraph style to the list.
This section gives an example of combining list and paragraph styles.
1) Create a list style you want to use for the paragraph. For
example: MyNumberedList.
2) Create a new paragraph style.
3) On the Organizer page of the Paragraph Style dialog box:
d) Give the new paragraph style a name, say
NumberedParagraph.
e) For the Next Style, choose NumberedParagraph (this will
make the following paragraph also be in this style, until you
choose a different style).
f) In Linked with, choose None.
g) Leave Custom Styles, in the Category field.
4) Set up this paragraph style to your liking. Because the
indentation is controlled by the List style, to avoid undesired
interactions do not change the indent settings on the Indents &
Spacing page. (You might want to change the spacing above and
below the paragraph.)
5) On the Outline & Numbering page, choose the
MyNumberedList style created in step 1.
6) Click OK to save this style.
To have full control, it is common practice to define three base
paragraph styles for lists: List Start for the first element of the list, List
Continue for the subsequent elements of the list, and List End for the
last element of the list. You should also define a paragraph style to be
used for unnumbered list items (one for each nested level you intend to
use) as well as an introductory style for the paragraph preceding the
start of the list (to allow for keeping the introductory paragraph with
the first list item, or for specifying spacing before the first list item that
is different from the spacing between other paragraphs).
Example: Creating a simple list style
In this example, we will create a numbered list that is used to number
the songs on a CD. The numbers are right aligned, and some space is
left between the number and the title of the track.
As we want to reuse the same numbered list for other CDs, we will
define a new list style and then apply it to the tracks list.
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