How do you do it? The trick is setting two tab stops per list item: one decimal tab for the punctuation, and one left align tab for the text. Here you go:
- Create a Paragraph Format for your list. I used List2 in my example.
- Open up Numbering Properties and add the following to the Autonumber Format line: \t<n+>.\t
- Click Update All.
- Open up Basic Properties and set the Left Indent value. I used 30 pts.
- Still in Basic Properties, add two tab stops.
The first tab stop should be a Decimal tab. (I used 20 pts in my example.)
The second tab stop should be a Left aligned tab. Be sure that the number matches your left Indent value (again, I used 30 for my left indent, so I'm using 30 here).
- Update all and voila!
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When I teach numbered lists to InDesign users, about many of them ask me how to line up the punctuation on a numbered list. The picture on the left shows the default alignment (note that the numbers line up on the left side), while the picture on the right shows the numbers lining up on the decimal.
When I teach numbered lists to InDesign users, about many of them ask me how to line up the punctuation on a numbered list. The picture on the left shows the default alignment (note that the numbers line up on the left side), while the picture on the right shows the numbers lining up on the decimal.
When I teach numbered lists to InDesign users, about many of them ask me how to line up the punctuation on a numbered list. The picture on the left shows the default alignment (note that the numbers line up on the left side), while the picture on the right shows the numbers lining up on the decimal.
But what if I don’t want to use a decimal? I want the numbers to line up as shown but without a period after the numbers.
But what if I don’t want to use a decimal? I want the numbers to line up as shown but without a period after the numbers.
But what if I don’t want to use a decimal? I want the numbers to line up as shown but without a period after the numbers.
Diana: If you don’t type in a decimal character, it will be assumed (picture an invisible decimal character). Just follow the instructions as posted above, but leave out the decimal from the Autonumber Format in Basic Properties (i.e., \t\t instead of \t.\t on step 2). The alignment commands will work just fine.
~Barb
Diana: If you don’t type in a decimal character, it will be assumed (picture an invisible decimal character). Just follow the instructions as posted above, but leave out the decimal from the Autonumber Format in Basic Properties (i.e., \t\t instead of \t.\t on step 2). The alignment commands will work just fine.
~Barb
Diana: If you don’t type in a decimal character, it will be assumed (picture an invisible decimal character). Just follow the instructions as posted above, but leave out the decimal from the Autonumber Format in Basic Properties (i.e., \t\t instead of \t.\t on step 2). The alignment commands will work just fine.
~Barb