By default, Discussion uses Arabic numbers (1, ii, three, etc.) when you create numbered lists. However, yous tin change the numbers to a dissimilar type or to messages. The character subsequently the number or letter of the alphabet can also be inverse.

Annotation: Nosotros used Discussion 2016 to illustrate this feature, only this procedure works in 2013 too.

Highlight the text you desire to catechumen to a numbered list. Click the down arrow on the "Numbering" button in the "Paragraph" section of the "Abode" tab. Some number formats are bachelor in the "Numbering Library" department on the drop-downwards carte du jour that displays. If you lot've created at to the lowest degree one numbered list in the current document, the number formats used in the document display in the "Document Number Formats" section of the drop-down list. Any number formats used recently in the document are listed in the "Recently Used Number Formats" section. You can choose from any of these formats for your current numbered list. If the format you want is non on the drop-downwards menu, select "Define New Number Format".

On the "Ascertain New Number Format" dialog box, select a style from the "Number fashion" drop-down list.

You tin can select any of the following number and letter types for use on your numbered lists.

  • Arabic: 1, two, three, 4
  • Upper-case letter Roman: I, Two, III, IV
  • Lowercase Roman: i, two, three, iv
  • Upper-case letter Alphabetic: A, B, C, D
  • Lowercase Alphabetic: a, b, c, d
  • Ordinals: 1st, second, 3rd, quaternary
  • Give-and-take Numbers: Ane, Two, Three, Iv
  • Word Ordinals: First, Second, Tertiary, Fourth
  • Leading Zeros: 01, 02, 03, 04

In the "Number format" edit box, there is a period after the number or letter by default. If you want to change that to some other character, such as a parenthesis (")"), dash ("-"), or colon (":"), delete the period and type the graphic symbol you want.

The "Alignment" drib-downwardly list allows you to specify whether the number or letter is aligned left, centered, or correct in the space allotted for the numbering. The default choice is "Left". Select "Centered" or "Right" if you want to change the alignment. To change the font of the numbers or messages on your listing, use the "Font" button. When you're finished making your changes, click "OK". The numbered list is created like to the instance in the prototype at the beginning of this commodity.

If you're going to customize the numbering on your listing, you might want to turn off automatic numbered lists so Word doesn't automatically apply the default numbering as you blazon your items.

You can also easily skip numbering in numbered lists and create numbered lists using the keyboard in Word.