How to Create a Multilevel Numbered or Bulleted List in Microsoft Word

Multilevel lists provide a way to present more detailed information using a list. Multilevel lists are called "outline numbered lists" in Microsoft Word. These instructions work for Microsoft Word 97, 98 and 2000.

Difficulty: Moderately challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft Word

1. Go to the Format menu and select Bullets and Numbering. The Bullets and Numbering window opens.

2. Click the Outline Numbering tab.

3. Select one of the eight list formats available (only one is a multilevel bullet selection).

4. Go to the List Numbering section of the window and select "Restart numbering," if this is a new list, or "Continue previous list," if this list is continued from earlier in the document.

5. Click OK. The first (first-level) number in your list will appear in your document and the cursor will be positioned to the right of the number.

6. Type the first item in your multilevel list and press Enter (PC) or Return (Macintosh). The next (first-level) number in your list appears.

7. Press the Tab key to insert a second-level number in your multilevel list.

8. Type the text for this item and press Enter or Return.

9. Press the Tab key again to insert the third-level number in your multilevel list.

10. Type the text for this item and press Enter or Return.

11. To decrease the list level, click the Decrease Indent button on the Formatting toolbar (next to the numbered list button).

Tips & Warnings

• You can change the level of any list item at any time with the Decrease Indent and Increase Indent buttons on the Formatting toolbar (next to the numbered list button). The Decrease button has a left-pointing arrow, and the Increase button has a right-pointing arrow.
• Use the Customize button on the Outline Numbering tab to change the number format, style, start number, font, number position in inches, and text position in inches. You can also link the number level to a text style and select which of the following follows a number: a tab character, a space, nothing.

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