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By choosing an outline style that uses the bullet style from the •/123 menu in ●
the Paragraph tab of the Measurements palette. If you do it this way, the
bullet’s position is controlled by the outline style. For more information, see
“Working with outline styles.”
Associate the bullet style with a paragraph style sheet, then apply that style ●
sheet to the text. For more information, see “Bullets, numbering, outlines, and
style sheets.”
Working with numbering styles
A numbering style describes how a number should look, what format it should
have, how far it should be from the text, and how it should be aligned.
To create a numbering style, choose Edit > Bullet, Numbering, and Outline
Styles, then choose Numbering Style from the New button in the Bullet,
Numbering, and Outline Styles dialog box. The Edit Numbering Style dialog box
displays.
Edit Numbering Style dialog box
To control how the numbers are styled, choose an option from the Character
Style drop-down menu. Choose Inherit from Paragraph to use the paragraph’s
character formatting for the numbers, or choose a character style sheet to use
that character style sheet’s formatting.
Choose a number format from the Format drop-down menu.
If you want prefix or suffix characters around the number, enter them in the
Prefix and Suffix fields.
If you are inheriting the numbers’ formatting from the paragraph, you can
change the size of the numbers using the Size field.
The Outset value controls how far each number is from the paragraph. You can
specify this distance in Absolute units, or click Relative (in Ems) and specify the