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reddvinylene
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Apr 30, 2009 10:17 AM UTC
Question

What's the correct way to format lists?

Is it like this?

Here is my list:

* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3


Or like this?

Here is my list:

   * Item 1
   * Item 2
   * Item 3


That is, with or without the initial bullet indent?

Much obliged!

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    D__McCahill
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    Apr 30, 2009 1:24 PM UTC

    There is no correct way. The only thing that (to me) is incorrect is with numbered lists, where you want to have the numbers right aligned, so that 9 and 10 line up with the 9 directly over the 0 of 10. I prefer to have hanging bullets (or numbers), and in the case of bullets, an indent of an en or so. In numbers, I prefer to see the numbers indent an en for single digit numbers, and no indent for the two digit ones. If the list is long with 1 digit going up to three digits, I will switch on a later page, so that the two digit numbers will have an en space before, allowing space for the third digit later on that page.

    But there are no rules. It is entirely design esthetics.

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    reddvinyleneAuthor
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    Apr 30, 2009 2:15 PM UTC

    Thanks a lot!

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