List styles are used to format single level or multilevel bulleted and numbered lists. You can create a list style that applies the same format to all list levels or a separate format for each level. Multilevel lists often use different formatting to differentiate the list levels, such as font, bullet image, number type, and left indent.

Note: In the Web Page Editor, you create multilevel lists using the Increase Indent icon to demote a list item and the Decrease Indent icon to promote a list item. The designated list level style is applied when you promote or demote the list item.

List items in a style inherit attributes, such as font, font color, and spacing, from the document body style and inherit all other settings from the browser defaults. If you change a font or spacing attribute for Level 1, the other levels automatically inherit the change, but you can apply separate attributes to each level. For example, if you apply a yellow background color to Level 2, all subordinate levels inherit the yellow background until you directly format the background for those levels as well.

If you set a default list style, new non-default list styles inherit the font, spacing, and padding attributes set in the default style. Bullet images and number list types for each level are not inherited from a default list style; those are inherited from the browser. You can change these attributes in the non-default styles to create different types of lists. See Spacing and Padding in List Styles in this page for more information about using these attributes in list styles.

Bulleted List Styles

A bulleted list is an unordered list of summary or important points. Each bulleted item begins with a graphic symbol such as a circle, square, or image to call attention to the item. Bulleted lists range from single level lists where all items are on the same level to multilevel lists that organize subpoints under major points.

The Style Editor supports creating bulleted lists for five levels. After adding the bulleted list style to the style sheet, you use the List Level list on the Style Editor - Table and List toolbar to select the level you want to format and the List Type list to select a bullet image. You can select one of the standard bullet symbols or add a custom image from a package or from your computer. List Type options include:

• Circle (○)
• Disc (•)
• Square (■)
• Inherit
• None
• Custom bullets, if added

If you want to use the same standard or custom bullet image for all levels, select the image for Level 1 and choose the "Inherit" List Type option for each additional level. The Inherit setting uses the image from the previous level. Then, if you decide to change the bullet, you only have to change the image for the first level, and the other levels inherit the change. A None setting creates an indented list item with no bullet image.

Standard bullet images automatically adjust in size when you change the font for the bullet level, but custom images do not. Therefore, if your style uses a custom bullet image and decreasing font sizes for each bullet level, you may want to create the custom image in several descending sizes, one for each level.

In addition to the standard bullets, the Standard style sheet includes three custom bullet images (star, checkmark, and dash) in three sizes. These custom images are used by the pre-defined bulleted list styles included in the Standard style sheet. These list styles create three levels of bullets, with each level using a custom image in a smaller size and smaller font.

Note: To use the custom bullet images that are embedded in the Standard style sheet in another style sheet, copy the style and paste it into the other style sheet. The copied images are then embedded in the style sheet and appear when you select the List Type option. See Copy Styles for more information about copying styles within a style sheet or to other style sheets.

Numbered List Styles

A numbered list is an ordered list for items that require a numerical order or rank. A numbering system is used to start each item in the list. After adding the numbered list style to the style sheet, you use the List Level list on the Style Editor - Table and List toolbar to select the level you want to format and the List Type list to select a number format for the level. Number formats include:

• Decimal (1, 2, 3, 4...)
• Lower Roman (i, ii, iii, iv...)
• Upper Roman (I, II, III, IV...)
• Lower Alpha (a, b, c, d...)
• Upper Alpha (A, B, C, D...)
• Inherit
• None

After assigning a number format to Level 1, assign "Inherit" for the other levels if you want to continue with the same number format. If you are creating a single level list, you can omit assigning a number format to other levels. To create an outline style for a multilevel list, select a different number format for each level. The Standard style sheet includes a multilevel numbered list style that you can use, modify, or copy to use as a basis for your own list design.

Spacing and Padding in List Styles

Spacing and padding attributes work differently for default and non-default styles. In a non-default list style, where no default list style exists, the spacing and padding settings for Level 1 affect the vertical and horizontal positioning of the entire list in relation to the surrounding text or page. The other levels in the list do not inherit the Level 1 spacing and padding settings, but use the browser defaults instead. For non-default styles, you must format each list level separately if you do not want the browser default settings.

In default list styles, list levels inherit the spacing and padding attributes of the level above (parent level). You can set the spacing and padding attributes for Level 1 and all other levels inherit these settings. If you have a default list style, the non-default list styles that you create inherit these settings. When you remove the default setting from a default list style, the dependent non-default list styles no longer use the inherited settings and use the browser settings instead.

Consider the following examples and their results:

• You set a Before spacing attribute of 20 points to Level 1.
  Default list style: Creates 20 points of spacing above every list level. Tip: If you want to 20 points of spacing above Level 1 only, but 6 points of spacing between the list levels, apply 6 points of Before spacing to Level 2; the other levels inherit the setting of the previous level.
   
  Non-default style: Creates 20 points of spacing above Level 1 only. The other list levels use the default browser settings. You must set each level separately.
   
• You set an Indentation Left spacing attribute of 50 points to Level 1.
  Default list style: Add an extra 50 points of spacing to the left of every list level. Tip: If you want to 20 points of spacing above Level 1 only, but 6 points of spacing between the list levels, apply 6 points of Before spacing to Level 2; the other levels inherit the setting of the previous level.
   
  Non-default style: Creates 20 points of spacing above Level 1 only. The other list levels use the default browser settings. You must set each level separately.

Note: Padding is not supported between list levels in Microsoft Word. Use the Spacing attribute to include extra space between list levels for published documents or create separate print styles for list styles.

To create a bulleted or numbered list style:

1. From the Style Editor - Styles toolbar, click  Add Style, point to List, and select Bulleted List or Numbered List.
     
2. Type a name for the style, replacing the <Enter style name here> placeholder text.
     
3. From the Style Editor - Table and List toolbar, click the List level list and select Level 1.
     
4. Click the List type list and select a standard or custom bullet image for a bulleted list or a number format for a numbered list.
    
   Select None for no bullet image or number format. Select Inherit for Level 1 to inherit the browser default bullet or number style.
     
5. Apply the desired text formatting.
     
6. For each additional level, click the List level list and select a Level #.
     
7. Click the List type list and select a standard or custom bullet image for a bulleted list or a number format for a numbered list, or select Inherit to use the same bullet image or number format as the previous level.
    
   Select None for no bullet image or number format.

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