

Click the Create a Multilevel List tool.The Multilevel list is now set up and ready to use. When finished, click the OK button to save your changes.(In the sample list pictured at at the beginning of this article, I formatted the first three levels.) Return to the Apply Formatting To drop-down menu and select and format other levels as needed.From the List Style drop-down menu, choose a list style.(I recommend using the Normal style so that the list uses the default topic formatting.) From the Paragraph Style drop-down menu, choose a paragraph style.

From the Apply Formatting To drop-down menu, choose Level 1.Enter a name for your list style and press.In the Styles dialog box, right-click Multilevel Lists and choose New.

On the Project Manager pod, double-click your style sheet to open the Styles dialog box.In a future article I will show you some cool things you can do with multilevel lists. With these basic settings you can use Multilevel Lists in your projects. I will focus on the basic settings first. In the dialog box you should define all aspects of numbering, for all levels, and associate each level with a unique paragraph style.
#MAC WORD DEFINE NEW MULTILEVEL LIST SET FOR ALL LEVELS HOW TO#
In this article I will show you how to create and use a multilevel list. In Word 2007, to set up a multilevel list from start, click the Home tab, click Multilevel List, and then click Define New Multilevel List. And best of all: you control everything through the style sheet, allowing you to change all the multilevel lists in a central location. With multilevel lists, you create a single style that can be used in multiple topics throughout a RoboHelp project. And it's not easy to quickly change the list style, especially if you've applied the style manually across multiple topics. You can achieve the numbering scheme shown above by using a standard numbered list, but you would need to assign the correct list styling to every list level. For example: consider what you would have to do if you need a list that uses upper alphanumeric characters on the first level, lower roman on the second level and bullets on the third level. As the name suggests, Multilevel lists allow you to create complex lists with multiple levels. a shame because multilevel lists are very powerful. Multilevel lists are an often overlooked RoboHelp feature.
