Creating Nested Lists in Adobe InDesign
Learning how to create nested bullet and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign can make your documents clearer and easier to manage. This tutorial shows you how to build structured lists and control their formatting with styles.
Bullet Lists
Bullet lists help readers scan key points quickly. In the nested bullet list section of this tutorial you will learn:
- How to create a bullet list
- How to edit the bullet character
- How to link Character Styles to bullet formatting
- How to assign bullet lists to paragraph styles
Numbered Lists
Once you have worked with bullet lists, you can move on to numbered lists and outline-style numbering. In this part of the tutorial you will learn:
- How to create a numbered list
- How to create a nested numbered list
- How to reset numbering for each new list
- How to include the Level 1 number in a nested numbered list
If you want to follow along, download the nested lists exercise file.