IBM Lotus Symphony


Options tab for customizing lists

Sets the formatting options for numbered or bulleted lists. If you want, you can apply formatting to individual levels in the list hierarchy.

To access this command...

Click Layout > Bullets and Numbering, click the Customize button, and then click the Options tab.

Click Layout > Style List to open the Style List window. Select Numbering Styles in Style type field, select one style, and then click Modify or New.

Format

Select the level(s) that you want to modify, and then specify the formatting that you want to use.

Level

Select the level(s) that you want to define the formatting options for. The selected level is highlighted in the preview.

Numbering

Select a numbering style for the selected levels.

Table 1. Options in the Numbering list
Selection Description
1, 2, 3, ... Arabic numerals
A, B, C, ... Capital letters
a, b, c, ... Lowercase letters
I, II, III, ... Roman numerals (uppercase)
i, ii, iii, ... Roman numerals (lowercase)
A,... AA,... AAA,... Alphabetical numbering with uppercase letters
a,... aa,... aaa,... Alphabetical numbering with lowercase letters
Bullet

Adds a bullet to the beginning of a line. Select this option, and then click the Character button to choose a bullet style.

Bullets are resized to fit the current line height. If you want, you can define a Character Style that uses a different font size for bullets.

Graphics Displays an image for the bullet. Select this options, and then click Select to locate the image file that you want to use.
Linked graphics Links the image to the current file. To embed the image in the current file, clear this checkbox.
None Does not apply a numbering style.

The availability of the following fields depends on the style that you select in the Numbering box.

Before

Enter a character or the text to display in front of the number in the list.

After

Enter a character or the text to display behind the number in the list. If you want to create a numbered list that uses the style "1.)", enter ".)" in this box.

Character Style

Select the Character Style that you want to use in the numbered list. To create or edit a Character Style, open the Style List window, click the Character Styles icon, right-click a style, and then choose New.

Show sublevels

Enter the number of previous levels to include in the numbering style. For example, if you enter "2" and the previous level uses the "A, B, C..." numbering style, the numbering scheme for the current level becomes: "A.1".

Start at

Enter a new starting number for the current level.

Character

Opens the Special Characters dialog, where you can select a bullet symbol.

Paragraph Style

Select the paragraph style that you want to apply to the current level.

Options for graphics:

Select...

Select the graphic, or locate the graphic file that you want to use as a bullet.

Width

Enter a width for the graphic.

Height

Enter a height for the graphic.

Keep ratio

Maintains the size proportions of the graphic.

Alignment

Select the alignment option for the graphic.

All levels

Set the numbering options for all of the levels.

Consecutive numbering

Increases the numbering by one as you go down each level in the list hierarchy.


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