Creating and editing styles for lists

You can create styles for single-level and multilevel lists.

You can edit styles for single-level lists and for multilevel lists and outlines. You can also edit a heading, quotation, or definition outline style.


To create a format for a list

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Click Insert WordPerfect Office onestep Creating and editing styles for lists Outline/Bullets & numbering.
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Click one of the following tabs:
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Numbers — lets you create styles for numbered lists
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Bullets — lets you create styles for bulleted lists
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Click Create.
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In the Create format dialog box, type a name for the style in the List name box.
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Type a description for the style in the Description box.
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In the List type area, enable one of the following options:
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Single level list — Lets you create a list with only one level
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Multilevel list (outline) — Lets you create a list with multiple levels
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Choose a style from the Based on list box.
If you want to add text before the list number, type the text in the Text before box.
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Choose a number or bullet from the Number/Bullet list box.
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Choose a level from the Style list box.
The style you create is added to the style list.

You can also
Display only numbers in the window
In the Display area, enable the Numbers check box.
Display styles associated with each level in the window
In the Display area, enable the Styles check box.
Add zeros before a number
Choose a number from the Leading zeros list box.
Create a style
Click the Create style button.

To edit a format for a list

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Click Insert WordPerfect Office onestep Creating and editing styles for lists Outline/Bullets & numbering.
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Click one of the following tabs:
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Numbers — lets you create styles for numbered lists
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Bullets — lets you create styles for bulleted lists
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Click Edit.
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In the Create format dialog box, type a name for the style in the List name box.
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Type a description for the style in the Description box.
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In the List type area, enable one of the following options:
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Single level list — Lets you create a list with only one level
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Multilevel list — Lets you create a list with multiple levels
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Choose a style from the Based on list box.
If you want to add text before the list number, type the text in the Text before box.
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Choose a number or bullet from the Number/Bullet list box.
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Choose a level from the Style list box.
The style you create is added to the style list.

You can also
Display only numbers in the window
In the Display area, enable the Numbers check box.
Display styles associated with each level in the window
In the Display area, enable the Styles check box.
Add zeros before a number
Choose a number from the Leading zeros list box.
Create a style
Click the Create style button.

To edit a heading, quotation, or definition outline style

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Click Insert WordPerfect Office onestep Creating and editing styles for lists Outline/Bullets & numbering.
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Click the Text tab.
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On the Text page, choose one of the following from the Description list:
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Headings
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Quotations
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Definitions
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Click Edit.
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In the Create format dialog box, enable the Multilevel list (outline) option.
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Choose a style from the Based on list box.
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In the Text before list box, type the text to display before the heading, quotation, or definition on the selected level.
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Choose a heading, quotation, or definition from the Style list box.

WordPerfect Office note Creating and editing styles for lists

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The appearance of the heading, quotation, or definition text is defined in the styles for the current template. For more information about styles, see “Using text styles.”

WordPerfect Office tip Creating and editing styles for lists

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You can choose which levels and sublevels of text display by clicking the Show levels WordPerfect Office pgx out psel Creating and editing styles for lists button on the property bar.

Creating and editing styles for lists