Nesting Lists

You can nest lists of the same or different types using the indent and outdent icon buttons or their keyboard accelerators (Tab for indent, Shift+Tab for outdent). The list below is an example of an ordered list that has a bulleted list nested within it.

  1. Ordered item 1.

  2. Ordered item 2.

  3. Ordered item 3.

In Cosmo Create and in many viewers, when you nest lists of the same type, both the indentation and the character that precedes each list item change to visually reinforce the nesting. In the example above, the nested list is indented.

To nested lists:

  1. After typing the list item that directly precedes the nested list, press <Enter> to create a new list item.

  2. While the insertion cursor is positioned in the new list item paragraph, choose a type for your new nested list from the Paragraph Styles palette in the Palettes menu or from the Paragraph rollover in the Format menu.

  3. To structurally and visually nest the list, click the indent icon button (the icon button whose arrow points to the right) or the Tab key.

    Alternatively, you can choose Indent List or Outdent List from the Format menu.

  4. Type the text for the first nested list item, then press Enter to create the next item in the nested list. Repeat this for each item in the nested list.

  5. After typing the final item in the nested list, press Enter to create a new paragraph.

  6. While the insertion cursor is in the new paragraph, click the outdent icon button (the one whose arrow points to the left) and, if the nested list is of another type from the original list, choose the original list type from the Paragraph Styles palette in the Palettes menu. This creates the next sequential list item in the original list.