Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 67)

Creating Documents 47
Create numbered lists that may have a component missing
You may need to create a list that skips a level. For example, it may need to have a number like
“3.2.0.a” or “3.2 a” when a component is missing (an item in level 4 without a corresponding entry
in level 3).
For the first example “3.2.0.a” you need to customize the tiered list style so that it starts numbering
at 0 by default, instead of 1.
1. Switch to the stylesheet view.
2. From the list on the left, select your list style.
3. From the preview on the right, select a single list level.
4. From the Lists palette, change the "number" to 0.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 above for all list levels you intend to use.
6. Next, customize your heading paragraph styles so they enforce not only the list style, but also a
starting number of 1.
7. Switch to the stylesheet view.
8. From the list on the left, select your paragraph style (eg: “Chapter”).
9. Using the Lists palette, apply your list style.
10. Also in the Lists palette, change the Number to 1.
Now when you are working in your main document, just apply your paragraph style to enforce
the list style and regular 1-based numbering.
For the second example “3.2 a” you want your list style’s default starting number to remain at 1.
However you’ll want to customize the level numbering format enforced by your paragraph styles.
1. Switch to the Stylesheet view.
2. From the style list on the left, select your paragraph style, eg: “Data - No Subsection”.
3. Using the Lists palette, apply your list style.
4. Also in the Lists palette, adjust the list level as needed, i.e.: increase the list level to 4.
5. Also in the Lists palette, customize the numbering format:
6. Switch to the “custom” format by clicking the tab labelled “#”.
7. Edit the Level Format field to cut out the list level numbers you are not interested in showing.
To achieve “3.2 a” you would want to replace the level number bubble “(3)” with a space.
Now when you are working in your main document, just apply your “Data - No Subsection”
paragraph style to enforce the list format that does not show any sub-section number.
Create numbered list that aligns along the period
Numbered or lettered lists (with periods) can align along the period rather than the left edge.
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Set the alignment in the Lists palette to right as illustrated in the list in the right column
below:
Aligned along the left edge of the number:
7. this
8. that
9. another
10. more
11. again
Aligned right, along the period:
7. this
8. that
9. another
10. more
11. again
Figure 43
Left and right (along the period) aligned lists