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auto numbering bulleted points

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
October 25, 2022
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I'm running Illustrator 2023 on a windows machine and I can't get Illustrator to stop doing it's auto-indenting whenever I start a sentence with a number and push space. I had this problem in 2022 as well and I went into the preferences and turned off 'Automatic bulleted and numbered lists while typing', that worked in 2022. But in 2023 it's holding me hostage to it and I literally can't type a number without it autospacing. If I click the numbered list icon after and click the no slash then it removes the number at the begining and only leaves the letters. It's like some kind of cruel joke.

Correct answer Monika Gause

this doesn't fix my problem. It is automatically adding a. and b. before the lines of type.

your text is probably already formatted as a list.

Open the paragraph panel and uncheck the list.

CmdrTomalak6330

Inspiring

The link says this has been fixed but I still don't know how to disable it. It's still automatically bulleting.

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Community Expert

You have to turn it off in Preferences > Type

CmdrTomalak6330

Inspiring

Ahh... don't know how I missed that. Thanks.

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Community Manager

Hi @marshall621,

We are sorry for the trouble and delayed response.

The product team is aware of the issue and currently working on a fix. This will be addressed in future releases.

Would you mind upvoting this UserVoice (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/45928900-bullet-list-cannot-be-disabled) and adding your comment there? By doing this, you will get an update on the bug.

We appreciate your patience.

Thanks,

Anshul Saini

Community Expert

Community Expert

You can change the space with the Left Indent and First Line Indent values in the Bullets options (and in the Paragraph style).

After an Update, Preferences may change, did you check if the 'Automated bulleted and numbered lists while typing' is still off?