Multilevel List Option Use In MS Word

Microsoft Word makes it easy to create and format multilevel lists in documents.You have a wide range of formatting options at your disposal, including numbered, alphabetized, and bulleted lists.

How to Use Multilevel List in MS Word

Using Word to build a multilayer list is quite simple.

Start by typing one or more lines from your list, making sure that each item is on its own line. Choose those lines next.

On the Ribbon's "Home" tab, click the "Multilevel Lists" button and choose from the drop-down menu one of the pre-built list kinds.

Your list will now be formatted in the style you chose.

Yes, the list is now limited to a single level. The single- and multi-level lists in Word are actually very much the same. Once you start dragging items up and down the list, it is not a multilayer list.

Demoting and Promoting Lines On Your Multilevel List

When a line in your list gets demoted, it is moved to a lower list level and indented. The converse occurs when a line is promoted.

Demote a List Item By Pressing Tab Key

To begin, move your cursor to the beginning of the line that has to be demoted.

To demote that line to a lower list level, just hit your Tab key.

By advancing a line by one level, you can also promote it by starting your cursor at the beginning of the line.

And then hitting Shift+Tab.

You are creating many and attractive level listing you can use Home tab paragraph group option the "Multilevel List" dropdown, and then choose the "Define New Multilevel List" command.

You can adjust the appearance of the lines in your list using a variety of basic choices when the Define New Multilevel List window appears. But there's more to this than what first meets the eye, so press the "More" icon in the lower left corner.