The mechanics of creating bulleted and numbered lists are straightforward, but what about the design considerations-and those quirky problems that sometimes arise when working with numbered lists, like how to align the number, how to continue numbering across stories or documents, and what to do if you need to export your lists and retain those bullets or numbers? ![]() So with all these lists to work with, we can be thankful that InDesign has robust tools for creating bulleted and numbered lists. Lists have gotten so popular that they’ve spawned a whole new journalistic category: the listicle, and judging from its power to get people to buy magazine and read blog posts, it seems like it’s here to stay (Figure 1).įigure 1: Just a tiny sample of the evidence that we have become addicted to lists. We absolutely love lists: the Top Ten this, the 100 Greatest that, 12-step programs, 50 ways to leave your lover, and so on. ![]() And then there’s our insatiable need to quantify. Maybe it’s just a sign of our shortening attention spans, but these days we seem to want more and more of our information in quickly-digestible bullet points.
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