Bold bulleted numbers when I don't want them to be

[Deaf_Guy]

Can't figure this out. When I bold the sentence in a bulleted list, the numbers are also bold and I don't want them to be. Can't out how to stop this. Any ideas? Thanks.

[BobLevine]

Use a paragraph style and in the bullets and numbers tab, set the paragraph to a numbered list and create a character style for the number.

[Deaf_Guy]

OK thank you.

[James Gifford—NitroPress · Accepted solution]

Define a specific character style for the numbers, and assign it in the Bullets and Numbering panel of the paragraph style. That should prevent the number from picking up the style on the text. 

Also, it's better to define a bold character style and use it, rather than the wonky override bolding like Word's. That alone might also solve the problem. 

[Deaf_Guy]

OK thank you. Would you happen to know of a YT video that shows how to do this? I learn best by watching a video 🙂

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Defining paragraph and character styles is very fundamental to using InDesign efficiently. Styles are not an optional gloss as in Word.

There are many tutorials for this basic level of knowledge,  including here on the Adobe site. You'd be best to take a comprehensive approach, rather than get help with each small problem. It will pay off.