Mapping styles issue

Hi All
My name is Caryn Drovie. I am a technical writer and i have used Robohelp HTML in the past but new to 9.0
I am having some issues I cannot resolve that I will try to explain but I think if someone can use a program like "Show my PC" and look at my PC it will be quicker and easier to troubleshoot. The project I am working on was a former writers and I am trying to modify and work with his c.s.s and styles and templates. Here are my initial questions first:
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1. I first began to edit the default c.s.s and add styles - was that wrong? Should I take those out? I had changed to his new c.s.s he had created.
2. Should the styles I create and use map the styles in the c.s.s and in the write area in the c.s.s properties page.
3. What do I do with the styles in c.s.s I am currently not using but may use in future?
Styles
1. I have lots of styles the previous writer created. I have not used them all but I might in future, do I delete the styles not used?
2. I notice that when I am trying to map a style my style drop down info does not always match my style pod info and shows in gray shaded in drop down?
3. The client I am working from wants me to do the following, can it be done because it is not working for me? They want me to create process steps. no table, and use 3 styles in a row. First style is numbering, second is result paragraph and 3rd is screen shot. But when I modified existing styles and apply the styles all detail moves and does not align properly. I have tried to apply none style to clear styles and reapply but no matter what I do it does not work. I do not want to type numbers directly or play with the indents. My goal is following example lined up and spaced out nicely:
    1. This is the first step
          Result:   this is the result alwhere all lines are aligned
          Screen shot aligned
Can you please help me?
thanks
Caryn Drovie

1. I first began to edit the default c.s.s and add styles - was that wrong? Should I take those out? I had changed to his new c.s.s he had created.
2. Should the styles I create and use map the styles in the c.s.s and in the write area in the c.s.s properties page.
3. What do I do with the styles in c.s.s I am currently not using but may use in future?
1] It is not wrong to edit the default.css but I do prefer not to. It is perhaps better regarded as a clean css to base new css files on or something to use as a yardstick when another css is giving you grief. If you are no longer using that css, perhaps best to leave it for now until these issues are resolved. You can always get a clean default.css from a new project.
2] I am not sure what you mean here.
3] Leave them or comment them out. /* just before the definition and */ at the end of it.
Styles
1. I have lots of styles the previous writer created. I have not used them all but I might in future, do I delete the styles not used?
2. I notice that when I am trying to map a style my style drop down info does not always match my style pod info and shows in gray shaded in drop down?
3. The client I am working from wants me to do the following, can it be done because it is not working for me? They want me to create process steps. no table, and use 3 styles in a row. First style is numbering, second is result paragraph and 3rd is screen shot. But when I modified existing styles and apply the styles all detail moves and does not align properly. I have tried to apply none style to clear styles and reapply but no matter what I do it does not work. I do not want to type numbers directly or play with the indents. My goal is following example lined up and spaced out nicely:
    1. This is the first step
          Result:   this is the result alwhere all lines are aligned
          Screen shot aligned
1] Isn't that the same question as 3 in the previous section.
2] Map a style where? A screenshot would help. Use the camera icon to insert.
3] You could set up a multi level list as described on my site where levels two and three have no bullet or numbering. Alternatively at the end of line one, press Shift Enter and the next line will align to the text, not quite what you want as there will be no indent but maybe that is acceptable.
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