Working with multi-level lists in Word. How to change the number in the Word list

Here we will consider creating multi-level lists in Word, numbered and bulleted lists, formatting lists in Word. Let's see how work with lists in Word– move one list level to another, add or subtract items or levels to the list.
Lists in Word can be made in two ways:
a) First write a list, then formalize it;
b) Immediately set up Word and then write a list. It will be processed immediately.
Types of lists in Word.
The list can be formatted with markers - different checkmarks, dots. This type of list is called "Bulleted".
“Numbered list” – when there are numbers and letters next to the list items.
“Multi-level list” - when a list structure is created, several levels, sections, etc., indented.
Let's look at all types of lists and how to work with them. On the “Home” tab in the “Paragraph” section there are three buttons. Creation bulleted list VWord.
Place the cursor in that place Word pages, where the beginning of the list will be. On the “Home” tab, in the “Paragraph” section, click on the “Create a bulleted list” button. In Word 2007 - the "Bullets" button.
The button in the top image is circled in red.
We chose a marker - a checkmark. This check mark appeared in the place where the cursor stood. That's it, Word is set up, all that remains is to write a list.
Attention!
A new list item will be written when we press the “Enter” key.
In this list, we pressed the “Enter” key after the point after the word with the words: “watermelon”, “etc.”, “pear”. In this list you can see that until we press the “Enter” key, the line in the list will move lower.
You can customize your marker appearance by clicking the Define New Marker button in the Marker Library dialog box. Here you can select another symbol as a marker, an image or a font. For example, we chose the “Star” marker. The list turned out like this.
To cancel a marker, for example, after finishing writing a list, click the “No” button in the “Marker Library” dialog box. The cursor should be on the line from which you want to remove the marker.
Or, place the cursor after the marker before the word where the marker needs to be removed (for example, before the word “Pear”) or on new line, and press the “Backspace” key on the keyboard or click the “Create bullet point” button.
If needed make from list Word simple text, remove all list markers at once, then select the list and click the “Create bulleted list” button.
Or click on the arrow next to the “Create a bulleted list” button and select the “No” function button from the dialog box. All markers will be deleted, and the list will appear as plain text.
When we turn off the list marker, there will be a large indent from the edge of the line. To remove this indentation, click on the “Reduce indentation” button (the button is highlighted in purple in the image).
How to create a numbered list in Word.
We proceed as in the first option, only click the button for the “Create a numbered list” function. In Word 2007, the “Numbering” button. Here you can select numbers or letters for the list.
Creating multi-level lists inWord.
A multi-level list differs from a simple list by different indentations of list items.
First way.
First, let's look at how to immediately create multilevel list.
Place the cursor in the place on the Word page where we will write the list. On the “Home” tab, in the “Paragraph” section, click on the “Create a multi-level list” button. In Word 2007, the button is called “Multilevel List”. In the window that appears, click on the type of list that we need. We chose this option.
Now let's write a list.
In the first line we write the name of the list section - the first level. We wrote the word "Fruit". It turned out like this.
Now, in the list, we need to list these fruits in the second level of the list.
Press the “Enter” key. The number “2)” appears. We don't need her. To write the second level of the list, we will increase the indentation (create an outline) by pressing the Tab key or the Increase Indent button. It is located on the “Home” tab next to the list creation buttons.
About the “Tab” button and the tabulation function, how to change the tab stop, read the article “Tabulation in Word”.
The cursor moved to the right, a larger indent and the letter “a)” appeared. This is the second level of the list.
Now we write the word “apple”. Press "Enter". The cursor will move to next line second level of the list with the letter “b)”. We write the word "Pear". It turned out like this.
To go to the first level of the list, press the key combination “Shift” + “Tab” or the “Decrease indent” button on the “Home” tab. This is how we create a list by changing the indentation of the list levels.
If you need to make three levels of the list, then after the second level, for the third level we indent again. So, you can make many levels in the list.
If you need to move from the third level to the first, then reduce the indentation twice until we get to the first level.
Second way.

We have this text, a general list.
We need to make a two-level list. The first level is to put the name of the section (Fruits, vegetables). In the second level, list fruits (apple, pear) and vegetables (carrots, beets). The principle is this. We configure each level separately by setting indents and pressing the list function button.
We select the words that will be the first level. You can select all the words of the future first level of the list at once. It's done like this. Select the first word or phrase. Press and hold down the “Ctrl” key and select all other words.We highlighted the words “Fruits”, “Vegetables”.
Click on the “Multi-level list” button, click on the button the desired type list. It will turn out like this.
The first level of the list appears. Now we select the words of the second level. Press the “Tab” key. An indentation has appeared.
Click the “Multilevel List” button. This will result in the second level of the list.
This way you can make many levels, selecting them all at once or each one separately.
Attention!
You can configure list levels not only with the “Multi-level list” button, but also with other list buttons (bullet or numbered list).
Formatting lists in Word.
To edit the list, just place the cursor in the desired place in the list and using list buttons and indents you can change, delete, or add list items.
To move part of the list to another level, add an indent (to make the next list level) or decrease the indent (to move it to a higher level). But first, we place the cursor in front of the word of the item that we want to move. If you need to move several items, then first select them, then move them.
Can create your own list style Word, click on the list creation button and select the corresponding function “Define a new marker” in the bulleted lists, “Define new format numbers" in numbered lists, "Define a new style list" or "Define new multi-level list" for multi-level lists. There you can adjust the indentation amount, etc.
In Word, you can number not only lists, but also rows and columns in a table. See the article "

If in the document Microsoft Word You need to present information in the form of a list, then you don’t have to number it manually - 1, 2, 3..., but do it using the built-in text editor functions.

In this article we will look at how to do automatic numbering list in Word, create a bulleted or multi-level list.

The necessary buttons with which everything is done are located on the “Home” tab. There are three of them: one with markers, the second with numbers, and the third with various markers at different levels. Accordingly, the first button is needed to create a bulleted list, the second – a numbered one, and the last one – for a multi-level one.

Automatic list numbering

First, let's look at how to number the text on each new line. This is used most often. At the same time, each new item will start with a number.

Click where you want the list to begin in the document. Then click “Numbering” in the “Paragraph” group. It will start from one. Using the markers on the ruler, you can change the indentation from the left margin.

To start a new point at the end previous line press "Enter".

If you need to insert regular text after some point, then after this, the question probably arises: how to continue numbering. To do this, place the cursor in the line where the continuation will be and select “Numbering”.

The page will appear new list. Near the unit, click on the arrow next to the lightning bolt and click in the drop-down menu "Continue numbering".

After this, instead of one, the next number in sequence will be entered.

If you need something other than 1,2,3, then click on any item and click on the arrow next to the “Numbering” button. Next, select one of the proposed options. If more than one type is not suitable, click "Define new number format".

In the window that opens, select what you want to use: numbers or letters. By clicking the "Font" button, you can select Extra options for the selected number format. To save the changes, click "OK".

Select them and click on the “Numbering” button.

Sources numbered in this way are needed if you want to make a link to literature in Word. You can read more about this in the article by following the link.

After this, all literature will be automatically numbered. Using the markers on the top ruler, set the desired indent from the left margin.

Documents can contain lists, both regular and automatically numbered. To understand that it is automatic, click next to any of the items or select it with the mouse. If after this more than one item is highlighted, and all other numbers become light gray, it means it is automatic.

If, on the contrary, you have numbered items in your document and they are not needed, then you can easily remove them. To do this, select the entire list and click on the “Numbering” button. Now all numbers will be deleted.

Making a bulleted list

In order for the list in the text to begin not with a number or letter, but, for example, with a black circle, square or check mark, let's look at how to mark it.

If it is already printed, then select it; if it is not yet, then place the cursor in the place where you will add. Next, on the “Home” tab, click on the arrow next to the “Markers” button. In the menu that opens, select the appropriate marker option and click on it. If nothing matches, click "Define new marker".

A window will open "Defining a new marker". In the “Marker Sign” field, click on one of the “Symbol”, “Picture” or “Font” buttons. Next you will need to select a suitable image. I chose a symbol. In the “Sample” field you can see how the marker will look in the text. Click "OK" to save the changes.

This is the marker I got.

Creating a multi-level list

If your list consists of a main item, subitems, and explanations of the subitems themselves, then you need to make several levels for it so that the data that depends on the previous item is marked with a different marker and is located a level lower.

It's not difficult to make them. Let's take for example a list with sections and sub-items. Select it and on the “Home” tab, click the arrow next to the button "Multi-level list". In the library you can choose one of the numbering options. If nothing works, click on "Define a new multi-level list".

In the window that opens, click “More” at the bottom left to expand all the options. Select at the top left required level and in the main window change the parameters for it. For example, “Number format” can be selected “1.” or "1)". Change the type of numbering “1, 2, 3...” or “A, B, C...”. Can "Associate level with style", in this case the text at the selected level will already be applied ready style design (useful if you plan to make content in Word), or start numbering not with “1” or “A”, but with any other letter/number. When you have selected everything, click OK.

This is how it happened for me, I linked the points to the “Heading 1” style, so the text changed color, size and font.

As you can see, now my sections and sub-items are on the same level. This is not correct, so let's look at how to work with a multi-level list. Place the cursor in the line whose level you want to change. On the Home tab, select "Increase indent".

The sub-items are now at the correct level. For example, I also added the line "Third level". To move it to the desired place, place the cursor in it and press the button twice "Increase indent".

Creating numbered lists

Each subsequent version of Word has been improved. But the basic methods for creating lists remained the same. Below are instructions based on Word 2010.

In the process of writing

The list can be created immediately as you write the text.

The number "1" will appear.

Instead, you can type one and a dot on the keyboard.

Fill out the information for the first bullet point.

Click Enter key, and the next list number will appear on a new line.

Continue the numbered list in this manner until it is completed.

In the finished text

The list is also created when editing the written text.

The only condition is that each item in the future list in Word must begin with a red line.

Select the text you plan for the list and click the “Numbering” button that you learned about in the first option.

Each item will receive a serial number.

Creating Bullet Lists

You can make a bulleted list in Word in the same way as a numbered one: while writing text or when it is being edited. The difference is that you need to press a different button: “Markers”.

It is possible to adjust the appearance of markers. To do this, select them and right-click with the mouse. IN context menu that appears, go to “Markers” and select the one you like.

There are even pictures available instead of icons. To do this, go below the proposed options and click “Define a new marker.”

A window will pop up where you click “Drawing”.

In the next window, find the appropriate image and click it.

To save everything, click “OK” in both windows.

If instead of “Drawing” you click the button next to it, called “Symbol”, then you can assign an arrow, a letter of the Latin alphabet, or another icon as a marker.

Multi-level list

With help Word tools a complex list with several levels of subordination is done quickly.

First way

First, prepare the text for the list. Place each paragraph in a paragraph, and if it is subordinate to the previous one, then indent it before it. You need to press the spacebar three times. But once or twice will not give results.

To move an item to the third level, you will have to press the spacebar six times.

When you have formed a structure similar to the one in the screenshot above, select the text in Word and click “Multi-level list”.

The following signs are used for subordination levels:

1.Roman numerals, capital letters- highest level.

2.Then come Arabic numerals.

3.Lowest level - lowercase letters and symbols.

At higher levels, a dot is used after the number (letter) numbering the item. There is also a period at the end.

If the item refers to lower level, then its number (lowercase letter or Arabic numeral) is separated from the text by a bracket. This item, as well as the one marked with a marker, begins with lowercase letter and ends with a comma or semicolon.

Any list ends with a period.

Second way

If in Word you did not separate subordinate items with a space, then after clicking the “Multi-level lists” button you will receive a homogeneous list. To correct it, select the items at the bottom level and click “Numbered...” or “Bulleted lists.”

In the menu that opens, click “Change level...” and select the desired option.

Having gone through the entire list in this way, you will get the same result as in the first method.

Third way

Create multiple list levels in Word is faster exits with the Tab key. Just press it after highlighting the required lines, and the view will change in seconds.

This moves the selected item to any level.

How to return to as before?

When you create numbered and bulleted lists, you have to edit them. If you see what you did wrong, you can return to the previous view or change the level of the desired item. To do this, use the following methods:

1.Press the key combination Ctrl+Z, which corresponds to undoing actions. Do this repeatedly if you need to go back a few steps.

Do, and, let's figure out how to do lists in Word.

First, let's look at single level list. To do this, you need to type the text of the list. There is no need to add any numbers, letters or similar symbols before each item. Just write down one item and click Enter, then the second point, press again Enter, and so on until you have completed the entire list.

Then select it. On the tab Home — Paragraph Choose whether your list will be bulleted or numbered.

Bulleted list by default it is indicated by black dots. By clicking on the small triangle to the right of the bulleted list icon, you can call up a drop-down menu and select the bullet you need from the library.

If the marker you want is not among the suggested options, you can select Define a new marker , and choose a marker from symbols or pictures. There are ready-made drawings, but if you still don’t find what you need, click Import and add a drawing from the images that you have on your computer.

Numbered list by default it is indicated by numbers. But, as in the case of a bulleted list, there is a triangle to the right of the icon, which, when clicked, opens a menu of other numbering options. These could be letters Latin numerals, simple numbers with brackets. Choose any option that you like.

If among the proposed options you again did not find what you need, select Define new number format , and write down what you want. First, select a numbering, then write down what this numbering will look like. The symbols, brackets and punctuation that you add to the format will be listed in each list number. You can see the result in the window Sample. Finally press the button Font, and format the list completely.

List formatting

Formatting lists in Word is not much different from formatting regular text. Select the list and in the tab home choose color, font, line spacing and other formatting options.

You can also format the indentation. To do this, you must have the ruler above the work area turned on. If there is no ruler, go to the tab View, and check the box next to the item Ruler .

The ruler has triangular sliders. The top slider indicates the indent from which the red line begins. Bottom - indent the rest of the text.

Select the text whose indents you need to change and move the sliders. If you move the square slider under the bottom triangular slider, both sliders will move at the same time.

If a numbered list alternates with text

Sometimes you need to make a list in Word alternate with fragments of text. This is implemented quite simply. After the last item in the list, click Enter, and press in the tab home numbered list button. After that, enter plain text.

To continue the list, press again Enter, and press the list button again. To the left of the first item in the list you will see an icon with the image of a lightning bolt. Click on it and select Continue numbering . The numbering will continue further.

Multi-level list

To make a multi-level list, you must first create a single-level list. After this, place the cursor in front of the item that you want to move to the second level, and in the tab Home — Paragraph click the button Increase indent .

If you need to send an item to the third level, press the button Increase indent again. If, on the contrary, you need to move an item from the third level to the second, or from the second to the first, press the button Decrease indent .

To format a multi-level list, you can use the button Multi-level list , drop-down menu next to this button. If you don’t like the proposed options, you can click Define a new list style , and write your own styles for each level.

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A multi-level list is a list that contains items indented at different levels. IN Microsoft program Word has a built-in collection of lists from which the user can choose the appropriate style. Also, in Word you can create new styles of multi-level lists yourself.

Lesson: How to Organize a List Alphabetically in Word

Selecting a style for a list with a built-in collection

1. Click in the place in the document where you want the multi-level list to begin.

2. Click on the button “Multi-level list” located in the group "Paragraph"(tab "Home").

3. Select your favorite multi-level list style from those presented in the collection.

4. Enter list items. To change the hierarchy levels of items presented in the list, click "TAB"(deeper level) or “SHIFT+TAB”(return to previous level.

Lesson: Hot keys in Word

Creating a new style

It is quite possible that among the multi-level lists presented in the Microsoft Word collection, you will not find one that would suit you. It is for such cases that this program provides the ability to create and define new styles of multi-level lists.

The new multi-level list style can be applied to each subsequent list in the document. In addition, a new style created by the user is automatically added to the collection of styles available in the program.

1. Click on the button “Multi-level list” located in the group "Paragraph"(tab "Home").

2. Select .

3. Starting from level 1, enter the desired number format, set the font and arrangement of elements.

Lesson: Formatting in Word

4. Repeat similar steps for the next levels of the multi-level list, defining its hierarchy and type of elements.

Note: When you define a new multi-level list style, you can use both bullets and numbers in the same list. For example, in the section “Numbering for this level” you can scroll through the list of multi-level list styles, selecting the appropriate marker style, which will be applied to a specific hierarchy level.

5. Click "OK" to accept the change and close the dialog box.

Note: The multi-level list style that was created by the user will be automatically set as the default style.

To move elements of a multi-level list to another level, use our instructions:

1. Select the list item you want to move.

2. Click on the arrow located next to the button “Markers” or “Numbering”(group "Paragraph").

3. Select an option from the drop-down menu “Change list level”.

4. Click on the hierarchy level to which you want to move the selected element of the multi-level list.

Defining new styles

On at this stage It is necessary to explain what the difference between the points is “Define a new list style” And “Define a new multi-level list”. The first command is appropriate to use in situations where it is necessary to change the style created by the user. A new style created using this command will reset all occurrences of it in the document.

Parameter “Define a new multi-level list” It is extremely convenient to use in cases where you need to create and save a new list style, which will not be changed in the future or will be used only in one document.

Manually numbering list items

Some documents containing numbered lists require the ability to manually change the numbering. In this case, it is necessary that MS Word correctly changes the numbers of the following list elements. One example of this type of document is legal documentation.

To manually change the numbering, you must use the “Set initial value” parameter - this will allow the program to correctly change the numbering of the following list elements.

1. Right-click on the number in the list that you want to change.

2. Select an option “Set initial value” and then perform the required action:

• Activate the option “Start a new list”, change the value of the element in the field “Initial value”.
• Activate the option “Continue previous list”, and then check the box “Change initial value”. In field “Initial value” set required values for the selected list item associated with the level of the given number.

3. The list numbering order will be changed according to the values ​​you specified.

That's all, now you know how to create multi-level lists in Word. The instructions described in this article apply to all versions of the program, be it Word 2007, 2010 or its newer versions.

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Listings in text documents necessary. These are far from the most important components, but they play a certain role in editing and designing the text. Therefore, it is useful to learn exactly how multi-level lists are created and what features you should pay attention to. Read on to learn how to create a multi-level list in Word. Secrets and recommendations are presented to your attention in the article.

Use in practice

Various lists in Word are not the main component of text editing. However, users use them very often. Labeling helps visually highlight the right moments in the text that you need to pay attention to.

In general, a multi-level list is the most difficult option. In addition to it, Word also has numbered and bulleted ones. In practice they are much more common. The first ones are used for information that is of the same type and can be numbered. The latter are needed for listing or data that is not subject to numbering.

But a multi-level list is a list of numbered or bulleted components. It is typically used for complex classification and organization of data. Most users do not work with such hierarchical lists, but this does not preclude the possibility of creating them. What if you needed to make one or another type of list?

Markers and their uses

So, the first and easiest option is to edit existing text. It turns out that formatting and creating lists is much easier than some users think. Especially if we're talking about about their primitive forms - marked or numbered.

First you need to type a small text of several lines in size where you plan to mark. After this, select the area that should be converted into a list. Now right-click and select the item called “List” from the menu that appears. Then go to the "Marked" tab. All that remains is to select an option from the available templates and click on the “OK” button.

Numbered list

Now you should learn how to create numbered lists, as they will help you better understand hierarchical lists. In principle, creating a numbered list is not difficult. The process is no different from the previously proposed option.

Again, type the text and select the area intended for design. Then by right-clicking and selecting “List” you can continue your plan. In the window that appears, go to the “Numbered” tab and select one of the proposed design templates there. Confirm your choice - and it's done.

But you need to know that these methods are easily implemented in older versions of MS Office. It is these methods that help in this program to easily format the text in the form of one or another list.

Multi-level list: execution nuances

What else is worth paying attention to? The point is that in different versions Office lists are implemented in a variety of ways. This is due to changes that the Word interface has undergone.

What does computer science say about the creation of such an object as a list? A multi-level list in older versions of Word can appear without problems in already printed text. That is, you will have to perform all of the above manipulations. Namely:

• print text;
• select the desired area;
• select the “List” item after right-clicking on the selected area;
• go to the “Multi-level” tab and select a design style;
• Click on “OK” and confirm your choice.

However, depending on the selected list style, you will see either bulleted or simply numbered lines. This is normal because you must set the level yourself.

Setting levels

How exactly to do this? A multi-level list in Word is not created automatically: you have to first establish a hierarchy and then deal with the levels. But this task is quite easy to accomplish if you know the algorithm.

How can you create a multi-level list? After performing the above manipulations, you need to place the cursor at the beginning of the line, which should be “moved” and given the status of a sub-item. Next, you will have to click on the Tab key on your keyboard. You will notice how the line has shifted to the right, resulting in a new level.

Using the tabulator, you can create sub-items in the corresponding lists. One click – shift one level. To return to the previous position, simply delete the resulting shift-space. To do this, use the Backspace key.

Task bar

Lists (numbered, bulleted, and multi-level) are created in Word in several ways. We examined the first one in detail. But how else can you cope with the task?

Regardless of what type of lists you need, there is another method for creating them. True, it is most easily implemented in older versions of MS Office. This option does not work in Word 2010. This is due to changes that have occurred to the program interface. Therefore, we will have to consider more early versions, and new ones.

The algorithm of actions in older releases of the application is extremely simple. Creating a multi-level list occurs through the use of the taskbar. Find the “Format” item there, having previously selected the area required for editing. You will see a long list of possible operations. In it, click on the already familiar item - “List”.

Now in the window that appears, select the desired tab (bulleted, numbered or multi-level) and a ready-made list design style, and then save the changes. That's all. This is how they usually work in Word 2003. Although this is an old, but familiar program for editing and creating text documents.

Keys as a formatting tool

The following option is suitable for all Word. It doesn’t matter which version of “The Office” you have - you can bring your idea to life without special problems. True, not everyone knows this option solving the problem. Usually it comes to life while writing the text.

At the beginning of the line you need to put the following sign “*” (asterisk), and then start writing text. When you move to a new line, you will see that you have a bulleted list. Now finish writing all the points and sub-points that apply.

All that remains is to create the required number of levels. To do this, use the Tab key again: place the cursor at the beginning of the future sub-item, and then click on the indicated button. The result is a hierarchical list. Similar manipulations should be done with all formatted text.

What if you need to create a multi-level numbered list? To do this, at the beginning of the line, type not “*”, but a unit with a dot and a space. As before, simply create all the list text and then use Tab to set the levels. This universal method creating hierarchical lists from text while typing it.

Adding elements

How to add new elements to a ready-made list? To shift a line one level down, use Tab. How to create a line if you are working with text that is just being typed?

In this case, simply press the Enter key when you finish typing. In simple words- go to new paragraph, but don't use the keyboard shortcut to break a line.

New MS versions

What to do if you work in more later versions Word? For example, in those that followed the familiar “Office 2003”? In this case, you can use the above method, but it is not popular, because sometimes editing the list can take up to several hours.

Therefore, it is better to use the features designed for ready-made text. While in Word 2010 or 2007, select the entire fragment that you want to format as a multi-level list. Next, go to the “Home” → “Paragraph” tab on the toolbar. Now all the necessary items will be right here.

In the panel that appears, select right button: for clarity, there is a thumbnail of a list with several levels. This is exactly what you need. The section of text you have selected will be formatted using the template that appears automatically. You will have to create levels yourself using Tab.

By the way, numbered and bulleted lists are also made using the “Paragraph” section. You just need to click on the corresponding button on the panel. The first is usually used for marking, and the second for numbering.

Style selection

In Word 2010 or Word 2007, you can also immediately choose the design style of your multi-level list. How to do it? To do this, go to the “Home” tab, and there find the “Paragraph” sub-item. This area contains buttons for managing lists, or rather creating them.

To select the style you are interested in, you will need to click exactly on the arrow on the right side of each button. All sorts of ready-made templates will immediately appear on the screen. They are available for both hierarchical lists and ordinary ones. Next, click on the desired template.

Editing

The peculiarities of the task do not end there. The fact is that styles - examples of multi-level lists, as well as numbered and bulleted ones, shown when choosing a template - can be edited. Even own options can be created in Word!

You will have to show attentiveness and even imagination. You should go to Word 2007 (or 2010) to the “Home” tab, and then find “Paragraph” there. Now click on the small arrow at the bottom right of the bulleted list icon.

A small list will appear in front of you ready-made templates. To create own style, click at the bottom of the window on the inscription “Define new”. You will now see a field in which you will have to independently configure the style of the levels in the list. You can insert any image as a bullet or simply use numbering in one style or another.

Next, all that remains is to create your own style for the future hierarchical list, and then format the text using the Tab button on the keyboard. This is perhaps the most difficult thing to create of this object. The examples of multi-level lists shown in the images were created using ready-made templates. But you are able to choose for yourself appearance these lists.

In general, style settings can be done, as already mentioned, for regular lists: marked or numbered. In the first case, you can even set a photo as a marker. But it is not recommended to do this, since the object will be reduced to certain sizes. This means that no one will see the image in the photo. Therefore, it is advisable to use either pictures (small ones) or ready-made templates.

The article suggested possible ways creating lists that can help both in work and in the daily activities of the average PC user.

If in Microsoft document Word You need to present information in the form of a list, then you can not number it manually - 1, 2, 3..., but do this using the function built into the text editor.

In this article we will look at how to automatically number a list in Word, create a bulleted or multi-level list.

The necessary buttons with which everything is done are located on the “Home” tab. There are three of them: one with markers, the second with numbers, and the third with various markers at different levels. Accordingly, the first button is needed to create a bulleted list, the second – a numbered one, and the last one – for a multi-level one.

Automatic list numbering

First, let's look at how to number the text on each new line. This is used most often. In this case, each new item will begin with a number.

Click where you want the list to begin in the document. Then click “Numbering” in the “Paragraph” group. It will start from one. Using the markers on the ruler, you can change the indentation from the left margin.

To start a new paragraph, press Enter at the end of the previous line.

If you need to insert regular text after some point, then after this, the question probably arises: how to continue numbering. To do this, place the cursor in the line where the continuation will be and select “Numbering”.

A new list will appear on the page. Near the unit, click on the arrow next to the lightning bolt and in the drop-down menu click “Continue numbering.”

After this, instead of one, the next number in sequence will be entered.

If you need something other than 1,2,3, then click on any item and click on the arrow next to the “Numbering” button. Next, select one of the proposed options. If more than one type is not suitable, click “Define new number format”.

In the window that opens, select what you want to use: numbers or letters. By clicking the Font button, you can select additional options for the selected number format. To save the changes, click "OK".

Select them and click on the “Numbering” button.

Sources numbered in this way are needed if you want to make a link to literature in Word. You can read more about this in the article by following the link.

After this, all literature will be automatically numbered. Using the markers on the top ruler, set the desired indent from the left margin.

Documents can contain lists, both regular and automatically numbered. To understand that it is automatic, click next to any of the items or select it with the mouse. If after this more than one item is highlighted, and all other numbers become light gray, it means it is automatic.

If, on the contrary, you have numbered items in your document and they are not needed, then you can easily remove them. To do this, select the entire list and click on the “Numbering” button. Now all numbers will be deleted.

Making a bulleted list

In order for the list in the text to begin not with a number or letter, but, for example, with a black circle, square or check mark, let's look at how to mark it.

If it is already printed, then select it; if it is not yet, then place the cursor in the place where you will add. Next, on the “Home” tab, click on the arrow next to the “Markers” button. In the menu that opens, select the appropriate marker option and click on it. If nothing matches, click Define New Token.

The Define New Marker window opens. In the “Marker Sign” field, click on one of the “Symbol”, “Picture” or “Font” buttons. Next you will need to select a suitable image. I chose a symbol. In the “Sample” field you can see how the marker will look in the text. Click "OK" to save your changes.

This is the marker I got.

Creating a multi-level list

If your list consists of a main item, subitems, and explanations of the subitems themselves, then you need to make several levels for it so that the data that depends on the previous item is marked with a different marker and is located a level lower.

It's not difficult to make them. Let's take for example a list with sections and sub-items. Select it and on the “Home” tab, click the arrow next to the “Multi-level list” button. In the library you can choose one of the numbering options. If nothing works, click on “Define a new multi-level list”.

In the window that opens, click “More” at the bottom left to expand all the options. Select the desired level at the top left and change the parameters for it in the main window. For example, “Number format” can be selected “1.” or "1)". Change the type of numbering “1, 2, 3...” or “A, B, C...”. You can “Link a level to a style”, in this case a ready-made design style will be applied to the text at the selected level (useful if you plan to make content in Word), or start numbering not from “1” or “A”, but any other letters/numbers. When you have selected everything, click “OK”.

This is how it happened for me, I linked the points to the “Heading 1” style, so the text changed color, size and font.

As you can see, now my sections and sub-items are on the same level. This is not correct, so let's look at how to work with a multi-level list. Place the cursor in the line whose level you want to change. On the Home tab, select Increase Indent.

The sub-items are now at the correct level. For example, I also added the line “Third level”. To move it to the desired place, place the cursor in it and double-click the “Increase indent” button.

To lower the level, place the cursor in the desired line and click the “Decrease indent” button as many times as necessary.

Now you know how to make a numbered list in Word. Moreover, for each new item you can use numbers, letters, markers, pictures or special characters.