Lists in text documents are needed. These are far from the most important components, but they play a role in editing and typing. Therefore, it’s useful to find out exactly how multi-level lists are created and what features you should pay attention to. Read about how to create a multi-level list in Word. Secrets and recommendations are presented to your attention in the article.
Practical use
Various lists in Word are not the main component of text editing. Nevertheless, users very often use them. Marking helps visually highlight the necessary points in the text that you need to pay attention to.
In general, a multi-level list is the most difficult option. In addition to it, in Word there are also numbered and marked. In practice, they are much more common. The former are used for information that is of the same type and can be numbered. The second is needed for enumeration or data not subject to numbering.
But a multi-level list is a list of numbered or labeled components. It is usually used for the complex classification and ordering of data. Most users do not work with such hierarchical lists, but this does not preclude the possibility of creating them. What if you needed to make this or that type of list?
Markers and their application
So, the first and easiest option is to edit existing text. It turns out that formatting and creating lists is much easier than some users think. Especially when it comes to primitive forms thereof - marked or numbered.
First you need to type a small text the size of several lines, where you plan to make marking. After that, select the section that should be converted to a list. Now click on the right mouse button and select the item called “List” in the menu that appears. Then go to the “Labeled” tab. It remains only to select any option from the available templates and click on the "OK" button.
Numbered List
Now you should learn how to create numbered lists, as they will help you better understand hierarchical lists. In principle, creating a numbered list is easy. The process is no different from the previously proposed option.
Again, type the text and select the area intended for decoration. Further, by clicking the right mouse button and selecting the “List” item, you can continue your plan. In the window that appears, go to the “Numbered” tab and select one of the proposed design templates there. Confirm your choice - and the job is done.
But you need to know that these methods are easily implemented in older versions of MS "Office". It is these methods that help in this program to easily arrange text in the form of a list.
Layered List: Performance Nuances
What else is worth paying attention to? The fact is that in different versions of Office, lists are implemented in a variety of ways. This is due to changes made to the Word interface.
What does it mean to create such an object as a list, computer science? A multilevel list in old versions of Word can appear without problems in already printed text. That is, you will have to make all of the above manipulations. Namely:
- print text;
- select the desired area;
- select the “List” item after right-clicking on the selected area;
- go to the tab "Multilevel" and choose the style of design;
- click on "OK" and confirm your choice.
True, depending on the selected list style, you will see either marked or simply numbered lines. This is normal because you must set the level yourself.
Setting levels
How to do this? A multi-level list in Word is not created automatically: you have to first establish a hierarchy, and then deal with levels. But this task is quite easy to do if you know the algorithm.
How can I create a multi-level list? After performing the above manipulations, it is necessary to place the cursor at the beginning of the line, which should be “shifted” and give it the status of a subitem. Next, you have to click on the Tab key (tab) on the keyboard. You will notice how the line shifted to the right, resulting in a new level.
Using the tabulator, you can create subitems in the corresponding lists. One click - shift to level. To return to the previous position, simply delete the resulting shift-space. To do this, use the backspace key.
Task bar
Lists (numbered, marked, and layered) in Word are created in several ways. The first one we examined in detail. But how else can you cope with the task?
No matter what type of lists you need, there is a different method for creating them. True, it is most easily embodied in older versions of MS Office. In Word 2010, this option is not suitable. This is due to changes that have befallen the program interface. Therefore, you will have to consider both earlier versions and new ones.
The algorithm of actions in old releases of the application is extremely simple. Creating a multi-level list occurs through the use of the taskbar. Find the “Format” item there, having previously selected the area necessary for editing. You will see a long list of possible operations. In it, click on the already familiar item - “List”.
Now in the window that appears, select the desired tab (marked, numbered or multi-level) and the finished list style, and then save the changes. That's all. This is how they usually work in Word 2003. This is an old but familiar program for editing and creating text documents.
Keys as a formatting tool
The next option is suitable for all Word. It doesn’t matter which version of Office you have - it’s possible to bring the idea to life without any problems. True, not everyone knows this solution to the problem. Usually it comes to life while writing a text.
At the beginning of the line you need to put the next "*" (asterisk), and then start writing text. When you go to a new line, you will see that you get a bulleted list. Now finish writing all the points and subclauses that take place.
It remains to simply create the necessary number of levels. To do this, use the Tab key again: place the cursor at the beginning of a future subitem, and then click on the specified button. Get a hierarchical list. Such manipulations should be done with all formatted text.
What if you need to create a multi-level numbered list? To do this, at the beginning of the line, print not “*”, but a unit with a period and a space. As in the previous case, just create the entire text of the list, and then using Tab, set the levels. This is a universal method for creating hierarchical lists from text while typing.
Adding Items
How to add new items to an existing list? Tab is used to shift the line to a lower level. And how to create a line if you are working with text that is just being typed?
In this case, just at the end of the set, press the Enter key. In simple words - go to a new paragraph, but do not use the keyboard shortcut to break the line.
Newer versions of MS
What if you work in later versions of Word? For example, in those that followed after the familiar “Office 2003”? In this case, you can use the above method, but it is not popular, because sometimes editing the list can take up to several hours.
Therefore, it is better to use the features designed for the finished text. When in Word 2010 or 2007, select the entire fragment that you want to arrange as a multi-level list. Next, go to the tab "Home" → "Paragraph" on the toolbar . Now all the necessary items will be here.
In the panel that appears, select the right button: for clarity, a thumbnail of a list with several levels is shown there. This is just what you need. According to the automatically appearing template, the selected section of the text will be formatted. You will have to create levels yourself using Tab.
By the way, numbered and bulleted lists are also made using the “Paragraph” section. Just click on the corresponding button on the panel. The first usually serves for marking, and the second for numbering.
Style selection
In Word 2010 or Word 2007, you are also able to immediately choose the style of your multi-level list. How to do it? To do this, go to the "Home" tab, and there, look for the sub-paragraph "Paragraph". In this area there are buttons for managing lists, or rather their creation.
To select the style of interest, you need to click exactly on the arrow on the right side of each button. All sorts of ready-made templates will immediately appear on the screen. They are for hierarchical lists, and for ordinary. Next, select the desired template with a click.
Editing
The features of the task do not end there. The fact is that styles - examples of multi-level lists, as well as numbered and marked, shown when choosing a template - can be edited. Even your own options can be created in Word!
Will have to show attention and even imagination. You should go to Word 2007 (or 2010) in the tab “Home”, and then find there “Paragraph”. Now click on the small arrow in the lower right of the icon with a bulleted list.
You will see a small list of ready-made templates. To create your own style, click at the bottom of the window on the inscription “Define new”. You will now see a field in which you have to customize the style of the levels in the list. You can insert any image in the form of a marker or just use the numbering in one or another style.
All that remains is to create your own style for the future hierarchical list, and then format the text using the Tab button on the keyboard. Perhaps this is the most difficult in creating this object. The examples of multilevel lists shown in the images are created using ready-made templates. But you are able to independently choose the appearance of these lists.
In general, you can customize the style, as already mentioned, for ordinary lists: bulleted or numbered. In the first case, you can even set a photo as a marker. But this is not recommended, since the object will be reduced to a certain size. This means that no one will see the images in the photo. Therefore, it is desirable to use either pictures (small) or ready-made templates.
The article suggested possible ways to create lists that can help both in the work and in the daily activities of an ordinary PC user.