Modifying a numbered paragraph

Numbered paragraphs or lines can be modified in various ways, depending on the numbering property you wish to change. The main properties of numbering are as follows:

To modify the numbering of paragraphs or lines, first select the relevant text. Select the Bullets and Numbering command from the Format menu and then click on the Numbers tab.

In the Numbering Style box you can choose a style for the numbers from Number, Roman, CapLetter, NumShort, CapShort, Letter and Custom. Note that the default style is Number. The Preview box shows the chosen style and the number of levels to which it can be taken. For instance, for Number there are nine possible levels. If you use Increase Indent to go beyond the ninth level in this case, then no extra numbers will be added i.e. the numbering for the tenth and higher levels will stay the same as for the ninth level.

You can alter the number style for a particular level by selecting the level in the Level box and then selecting the appropriate style in the Numbering Style box.

In the Numbering group box you can set various options:

See also:

Removing numbers