An
outline numbered listA hierarchical structure that is applied to a list or document. A document can have up to nine levels, and Word
does not apply heading styles to the items in the list.
shows list items indented at different levels rather than at one level.
A simple numbered list
An outline numbered list
Do any of the following:
 | Create an outline numbered list |
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On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Multilevel List
.
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Click a list format that does not contain the text Heading 1.
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Type the list, pressing
RETURN
after each item.
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To move an outline numbered item to the appropriate numbering level, do one of the following:
To | Click anywhere in the item, and then do this |
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DemoteIn an outline, to change a heading to body text or to a lower heading level — for example, to change from Heading 5 to Heading 6.
the item to a lower numbering level | On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Increase Indent .  | Tip To increase the indent by using the keyboard, position the insertion point at the beginning of the list item, and then press
TAB. |
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PromoteIn an outline, to change body text to a heading, or to change a heading to a higher level heading — for example, from Heading 6 to Heading 5.
the item to a higher numbering level | On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Decrease Indent .  | Tip To decrease the indent by using the keyboard, position the insertion point at the beginning of the list item, and then press
SHIFT+TAB. |
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 | Change the format of outline numbering |
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Click the item in the list whose formatting you want to change.
 | Note If you change the formatting for one item in an outline numbered list, that change affects all list items at that level. |
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On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Multilevel List
, and then click Define New Multilevel List.
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Select the options that you want.
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Repeat this procedure for each item that you want to change.