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Bulleted and Numbered Lists

the Paragraph Inspector

You can layout bulleted and numbered lists by using a combination of tab stops and paragraph indent settings, which are adjustable via the Paragraph Inspector (shown right).

Here are the main features of tab stops:

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All paragraphs have a default tab stop spacing of half an inch (12.7 mm).

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You can adjust the tab stop spacing for each paragraph independently, via the "Tab Stops (every)" control.

Here are the main features of paragraph Indents:

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Indent settings are used to apply an inset distance.

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First Indent applies to the first line of a paragraph only.

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Left Indent applies to the second and subsequent lines of a paragraph*.

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Right Indent applies to all lines*.

* This is the case for languages that read from left-to-right - iStudio Publisher does not at present include support for right-to-left languages.

To format the layout of a bulleted or numbered list:

Example of a bulleted list
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For list main items, start by inserting a bullet/number character.

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Enter a Tab character, by pressing the Tab key (⇥).

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Enter the bullet text.

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Set the Left Indent to match the Tab Stops (every) setting, so that the second line starts underneath the first.

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Position the bullet character by adjusting the First Indent, setting it to a value of approximately one half of a tab stop width.

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You can increase the bullet character size by increasing its font size. If you do this, set the Line Spacing mode to Scaled to keep the same paragraph line spacing.

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You can insert checkboxes as characters and align them by inserting extra tabs.

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For list sub items, use the same approach, but set the Left Indent to a value of twice the Tab Stops (every) setting, and the First Indent to approximately one and a half tab stop widths.

Bullet character tips:

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You can insert a standard bullet character directly from your keyboard (using alt 8 on a US or UK keyboard).

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You can use any character as a bullet.

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Select bullet characters from the standard macOS Character Viewer, which you can open by choosing iStudio Publisher's menu option Edit > Emoji & Symbols (or choose Edit > Special Characters in some versions of OS X).

We plan to add new controls for creating bulleted and numbered lists to a future update.

Related Topics

Paragraph Inspector