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Format Lists in the Specification and Claims

Apply bullets and numbering to your specification and claim text using these options.

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Written by Laura Berwick
Updated over a week ago

This article covers the following topics:

  • Apply List Styles from the Toolbar

  • Apply List Styles from the Specification Menu

  • Multi-Level Lists

  • Adjust Numbered List Attributes

  • Styling in Claims vs. Specification

Apply List Styles from the Toolbar

  1. Place your cursor in or select all or part of the line(s) or paragraph(s) that are part of your list.

  2. Select the Bulleted list or Numbered list options in the toolbar.



    Note that filled dot characters are used for bullets, and are the only bullets currently available for specification text. Numbering options include Decimal, Decimal with Leading Zero, Lowercase Roman, Uppercase Roman, Lowercase Latin, and Uppercase Latin.

  3. Bullets or numbers will be applied to your selected text.


Apply List Styles from the Specification Menu

  1. Place your cursor in or select all or part of the line(s) or paragraph(s) that are part of your list.

  2. Select the Bulleted list or Numbered list options from the Specification > Format menu.


  3. Bullets or numbers will be applied to your selected text.

Multi-Level Lists

  1. To move list element indentation right, use your keyboard's Tab key OR the Increase Indent controls in the toolbar or under the Specification > Format menu.



    Note that indented numbered list elements will be formatted with Decimal numbering, but alternate styles may be applied to those elements following the steps above.

  2. To move list element indentation left, use Shift+Tab on your keyboard OR the Decrease Indent controls in the toolbar or under the Specification > Format menu.


Adjust Numbering Start Value and List Continuation Syncing

  1. Select the desired numbered list element(s).

  2. Click the Numbered List control in the toolbar and select the Numbered List Options control.

  3. Use the controls provided in the resulting dialog to set a new list start position, or continue numbering from a previous list.



    Note that the Start At field adjusts the list position by numeric value, and does not necessarily indicate decimal numbering. Note that "3" corresponds to "(c)" in the example above.

Styling in Claims vs. Specification

Claim elements can be formatted as bulleted or numbered lists using the steps above. However, list styling in claims appears slightly differently. Hyphen characters are used as bullets and are the only characters available for bulleted claim elements, and numbering options are automatically surrounded by parentheses, as shown.

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