Alphabetize numbered list styles?

Any feature for this? Seems useful..

Think hierarchical sequencing, with several subcategories. DNA etc..
Numbers aren't characters, and vice versa, we use numbers for different things, specifically mostly to count, not speak.
Number list in my case (and many I'd assume) only provide sequencing of topics (for a list, or a referenc). I'd like to ORDER all of those numbered items in the list, by their first alpha character. Since I'm not able at this current time to pre-order 100+ items when drafting my work.
Example:
(as is, prior to alphabetizing)
1.0 O
2.0 H
3.0 N
4.0 C
5.0 P
(after alphabetizing)
1.0 C
2.0 H
3.0 N
4.0 O
5.0 P
Or any number:
1.0 some alpha character
2.0 somer alpha character
N some alphha character
//applicable to any level or sub-level of numbered lists
So everything's orderly - automatically, so I'm not performing elementary alphetizing for every occurence, and cutting, scrolling/page/spread selecting & then pasting, 100 times.

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How to create inconsistent numbered list style?

Can I create paragagraph style with inconsistent numbered list in InDesign CS4? I created a style with numbered list but when I apply it to the second list on another page of my document list numbering continues from last number of previous list (in consecutive order). What's up? I want to get the same effect as in Microsoft Word.

Yesterday I created new discussion on topic of numbered list style.
Then I found out about Restart numbering not working for numbered lists created w/ paragraph style one and began to experiment.
I would like numbered lists to begin with #1 by means of style as on this page.
I did it using Numbered List on the Control Panel. It does what I want.
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I’ve created numbered list style (body text) that has no number at LEVEL 1 and use that to restart the numbering (see 2 JPG)
Secondly, I’ve also created the Numbered List style as Dominic Hurley advises:
This is result (see 3 JPG):
And this is the final result of my work (see 4 JPG):
1, 2 -7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 -18
It is still all Greek to me.
Please help me to understand this. What am I doing wrong????

List style not visible in printed documentation

Robohelp 8.0.2
Is this a bug??? I opted to use a numbered list style rather than a numbered paragraph style to label procedural steps. The advantage of a list style is that skip numbering would not work properly using the paragraph style. i.e.:
'Steps' Paragraph style with numbering associated:
First step.
          Result of first step.
Second step.            * Bullets and Numbering does not allow me to consistently "Restart numbering at 2" (and HTML this produces is faulty).
'NumberedStep' List style with numbering:
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           Result of first step.
   2. Second step.               * Bullets and Numbering allow me to consistently "Restart numbering at 2."
Now I see the consequences of my decision: My 'NumberedStep' style is not included in the styles dropdown. Inconvenient, but not itself the end of the world.
The real problem is this: Printed Documents are not consistent with the style defined in 'NumberedStep'.
The font is larger than it should be, and indents are all over the place:
This is the selection I made on Generate Printed Document:
On first review, all the styles in my source translated easily to Word, but the style for NumberedStep text was not. That text is now 'Normal'.
I've hunted high and low to solve this issue, so a direct reply is appreciated.

Firstly, your better off using liststyles than paragraph list styles, I screwed around a long time before I had to set everything to liststyles rather than paragraph ones. So dont worry about that.
The first issue, of not seeing the style - it is there, if you open the Styles tab on screen (click in a topic to get the cursor, then Format > Styles), not just the dropdown like youve shown youll see a list of all your styles, almost, it will show paragraph styles, click the drop-down and select All available styles, this will display your list styles as well!
Im not sure about the style settings, I have the same text setting applied in my list style as I use for my 'normal' text. Though I think you can select the text in a list and apply a paragraph style to it....i just tried and it worked, but to be on the safe side you might want to set the text formatting in the list style css too..
mine looks like this
li.NumberList {
    font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 10pt;
    color: #524C45;
    list-style: decimal;
    margin-bottom: 6pt;
    margin-top: 6pt;
As for printed formats not indenting lists, this is an issue. So far I have found no way around it because you cannot map a list styles in RH to a list style in Word. This has also created errors for line spacing and indents - and I found the indents are severly messed up when using list styles in snippets. Everytime I create printed documentation I have to manually fix it, a pain but it doesnt take too long....you could use macros etc to speed it all up for you.
Submit a Wish Form.
Hope it helps.
Nick

Robohelp 10 output line spacing for numbered lists is off

I wondered if you have had this situation occur with your output from Robohelp 10.
I created my help system and CSS using Robohelp 10. My CSS contains a numbered list style and an alpha list style, both having line spacing of 3pt before and 3pt after. Looks great in Robohelp WYSIWYG, but the generated output (in IE and Chrome) looks bad. The numbered list line has way too much line spacing after (the next style is a non-numbered list style) and the alpha list has way too little line spacing.
I tried playing around with changing the line spacing but it does not change the output!
Thought I'd reach out to see if you have experienced this issue and the most expedient way to resolve.
Here is an example of HTML tags in Robohelp:
numbered list
<?rh-list_start level="1" an="1" class="rl-p-1ListNumber" start="1" style="list-style: rh-list;
list-style: rh-list;" ?><p class="1ListNumber">instruction text.</p><?rh-list_end ?>
alpha list
<?rh-list_start level="1" an="1" class="rl-p-Alpha" style="list-style: rh-list;
list-style: rh-list;" ?><p class="Alpha">Instruction text.</p><?rh-list_end ?>
thanks much

If you create a single topic project showing this problem and send it to me as directed on the Contact page of my site, I will take a look.
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RoboHelp 10 - Missing numbers in the Numbered List within a drop-down hotspot

I have applied a numbered list style to a paragraph which is written in a drop-down hotspot within another drop-down hotspot in RoboHelp 10. But I observed, though the 'numbers' are displayed in the editor, they are missing from the generated output. Please suggest a solution.

This is a known issue. Please file a bug report with Adobe: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=38
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[ iWork pages] How to number list style color & add style ?

Hello
Korean users. pages while using the question has occurred.
If you look at the attached image
to change the color of the "numbered list" style number have been wondering.
So the search, I got this answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2236216?threadID=2236216
However, this method has not been registered in the list style.
What should I do?
Pages 09 User Guide.pdf
How to change the color, like the list of files added to the list style of list?
Is too worried.

Quick fix:
Right Click / CTRL+Click (to get the contextual menu) on the first line of the second number list and select Restart Numbering from the list of options.
Repeat as needed for subsequent lists.

Style Sheets: Retrofitting previously-numbered lists

Hello wonderful INDD community!
I have learned so much since my last visit here, and I want to say Thank you! You've helped me "up my game" with nested style sheets and grep!
Working on the same catalog project as I was discussing before, and I've run into this quandary:
This catalog has quite a lot of numbered lists, most of which were already numbered when I got them. I'm wanting to differentiate the numbers from the titles (which I've further differentiated from the descriptions using Nested Styles), but am having trouble deciding the best way to do it.
The reason I bring my woes here is because this group, I know, members here will help me find the BEST way to do it! Not just any ole way.
I sort of see two ways of approaching it:
Using GREP Styles to identify the item numbers and also to insert a second tab to allow me to right-align the numbers. The 1st part, I think I can do, the 2nd part kind of makes my head spin.
Converting these hand-typed numbered lists to INDD auto-numbered lists. The hurdle here, to me, is how to get rid of the debris of the hand-typed numbers in some easy automated way? This concept is kind of the reverse of INDD's "Convert Bullets and Numbering to Text" feature. A "Convert Text to Numbering" command.
Now, it's easy for me to believe that somebody here in this forum has a better idea. I just wanted to prove to you that I've done my homework. Hours of it, in fact.
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Mick

Howdy all--
Ok with some begrudgement, I have to say that technically this works.
It's kind of slow-going though..and it's not without anguish, which isn't an indictment of Jongware's implementation; probably more an indication of my ignorance.
What I'm doing is:
Highlighting a list
Styling it to a paragraph style that uses INDD's built in auto-numbering feature
Running Jongware's GREP pattern (thank you!) to get rid of the old hand-typed numbers
Placing the cursor in the middle of the first entry and right-clicking and selecting "Restart Numbering."
I know this isn't exactly what the Doctor ordered, Jongware, but I prefer this modified workflow because it kept me from needing to change the "find/change" box back and forth between two states (even if those two states were only the one format change). I was afraid that would start boggling my brain after doing it many dozens of times..
SO-- The thing that bugs me is step #4. I don't really understand the INDD behavior when it comes to auto-numbering. In the paragraph style I created (see screen cap), if I set it to "start at 1" with a series of items highlighted, it numbers them all "1". If I say "continue from previous number," it refers to some bit of previous numbering in the story and picks up from there. Hence step #4.
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thanks again,
Mick

How do I save a style of paragraphs with a numbered list in Pages 05?

I wish to save a style of paragraph with a numbered list. Is it possible to save them at the same time in Pages 5 as it was in Pages 09'?
Where are the shortcuts?
Thanks.

Yes, I know but there is no real list preset. The format command, when opened, shows a menu and I think you are using the word Style differently. A Style in 09 allowed one to save present formatting for several text appearance options, which is no longer possible in 05 "styles." Styles in text edting for applications like Word, OpenOffice, iBooks, and Pages 09 referred to a way to save a set of formatting command together and apply them with one click. That's the rub here in 5.
Yes, you can apply a bullet as a "style" to a paragraph, bui you cannot save that formatting as a preset in any way to do it in one click. The issue is consistency and one click capability for multiple formatting features for a paragraph of text.
Separating bullets and lists from the ability to maintain them in the Paragraph style removed the one click paragraph formatting option which is helpful for anyone who uses it more than a few times in a document.
The need is for people who want to use common formatting for paragraphs and maintain a one-click option to apply text, indent, spacing, and bullets in one click, not spread out in several menus and lists.
If you can explain how to do this in Pages 5 I will be very happy and you will have saved me many clicks. Otherwise I will continue to use the bullet "style" list drop down menu.

(none) style gets applied to numbered list & font size not matching text in my style sheet

RoboHelp 9 (9.0.2.271)
Something is wrong with my style sheet, and it only started happening after I created Master Page for the first time. This happens whether or not the new Master Page is applied to a topic: Every time I type any text in a topic, then click the Numbered List icon in the toolbar, the style goes from Normal to (none), and the font changes from my style sheet's Normal 10pt to 8pt, for the number as well as the text.
I don't see how the new Master Page has anything to do with it because it's not applied to this particular topic. I had created a Master Page in RoboHelp HTML and applied my style sheet, then my topics to it. I have a footer in the Master Page and applied 8pt font using inline formatting (not the style sheet).
I created a new project to see what would happen.
When I apply my style sheet, then apply the numbered list to text, the text font is correct (10pt), but the number font is wrong (8pt).
But when I apply the default style sheet to the topic, the number font and text font match.
How can I get the number and text fonts to match in my style sheet?
I found a workaround by applying inline formatting to the next (10pt) after selecting the text and clicking the numbered list icon. Below is the html code. The numbered steps in red are the ones that are not correct (8 pt). The code with the correct formatting (after I applied inline formatting) is in blue.
<body>
<h1>My Overview</h1>
<p>example</p>
<ol type="1">
<li>first step</li>
<li>second step</li>
</ol>
<ol type="1">
<li style="font-size: 10pt;">Fixed by applying inline formatting to
10pt after selecting the numbered list icon</li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt;">next step</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<?rh-placeholder type="footer" ?>
</body>
Thanks.
Gina
Message was edited by: ginafromtampa

Amebr,
That was helpful. I'm looking at a topic now, and both the Apply Style list on the Formatting toolbar show (none) when I click a numbered list that I created using the Created a Numbered List or Create a Bulleted List on the toolbar.
This is the html code for the correct font (10pt):
<ol>
<li class="p">this is the (none) style when I use the numbering button
on the toolbar (which is inline formatting)</li>
<li class="p">this is the (none) style when I use the numbering button
on the toolbar (which is inline formatting)</li>
<li class="p">this is the (none) style when I use the numbering button
on the toolbar (which is inline formatting)</li>
</ol>
Both styles list show the correct custom styles I created for numbered lists, though. Below is the code (correct font):
<ol>
<li class="p-ProcedureSteps"><p class="ProcedureSteps">this is from
my custom numbered style and looks correct</p></li>
</ol>
What's strange is, if I create a list and highlight it, then click the Apply Numbered List button in the toolbar, the numbers and text font size changes to 8 point and my Normal font is 10 pt, and both style lists show (none). That's what I wanted to figure out in my original post. I opened up the stylesheet and I don't see where that's applied. In Flare, you can easily see in a table how the styles are formatted, down to each class.
This is the code for the incorrect font (8pt):
<ol type="1">
<li>why is this 8pt?</li>
<li>why is this 8pt?</li>
<li>why is this 8pt?</li>
</ol>
Below is a screenshot.
Maybe someone can figure this out. Thanks!
Gina

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2107212&tstart=0
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Hi;
I have Pages version 5.2 installed on my MacPro 10.9.4.
I am trying to create a numbered list paragraph style w/o success; since the numbered list attribute isn't being remembered as part of the paragraph style.
Next time i mark something as belong to the paragraph style i created, it shows w/o a number (numbered list isn't set).
What am i doing wrong?

Using Pages 5.2.
Just one of the over 110 missing features:
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I can not get my itunes to sort my library in alphabetical order by artist?? Nor can I get the listing to be numbered...ie...1...2...3...4...5 etc.....Can anyone help?? It used to alphabetize my list correctly before I downloaded the 11.0.1 or 11.0.5

I can not get my itunes to sort my library in alphabetical order by artist?? Nor can I get the listing to be numbered...ie...1...2...3...4...5 etc.....Can anyone help?? It used to be able to alphabetize my list correctly before I downloaded the 11.0.1 or 11.0.5 version of itunes?????

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I created a multilevel list style. I configured the alignment of the text lines as desired. I used the style. All was working well. Then for no apparent reason, the alignment of the lines changed. The second line of text in a numbered line does not align correctly, as shown in the file attached to this post. I can resolve the problem but only temporarily by reinstalling RH8.
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<style type="text/css">
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Hi all,
Greetings for the day
I am created a new CSS in Robohelp 9. I have also created a new template in Word 2010. The style sets for different information elements like (Heading, bullets, body text, ) are more or less same between the CSS and the new templates. I am also able to map the .css styles to Word template when I am converting from RH to Word as I am getting the necessary option in the drop-down list.
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If anybody knows the solution, I can share the .css and Word template.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Parag Deb

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