- Click in Ribbon tab: Home in the Command group: Paragraph on the Button: Multilevel List.
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Choose Menu option: Define New List Style....
- The dialogue box: Define New List Style opens. Enter a name in the text field: Name.
- Click then on Button: Format.
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Click on menu option: Numbering....
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The dialogue box: Modify Multilevel List opens. Click on Button: More.
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Make sure that level 1 is selected.
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Open the dropdown Listbox: Number style for this level and choose a number style for a numbered list or choose a bullet character for a list with bullets.
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Now you have to link a style with the first list level. Select in the dropdown Listbox: Link level to style the corresponding style (for example style "List" or "Heading 1").
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To set the position of the bullets and the text position for all levels click on button: Set for All Levels....
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Now select level 2, set the number style (or bullet character) and link a corresponding style. Repeat this procedure for all needed levels.
See this example of a multilevel list with 4 levels:
- Finally confirm with Button: OK.
- Your multilevel list is now shown in the multilevel list menu in category: Current List and category: List Styles. Just move the mouse pointer over the list and the name of the list is shown.
If you want to change the settings of your multilevel list right-click on the list and confirm menu option: Modify.