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Number the paragraphs on a distant side. while keeping the alinea.

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November 14, 2022
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Hello!

How to have the paragraphs numbered on the left side like this:

I want to have the paragraph numbered on the left, but I want to keep the alinea of the first line.

And I don't want this:

Thank you!

How to

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Correct answer pixxxelschubser

This seems a bit "like a shot from behind through the chest into the eye", but it works for me without any extra tab in the text or find&change - just write and apply the paragraph style:

Only two paragraph marks inserted in the text (pressed Enter twice)

The setting is a little tricky and does not work with all values. You have to play a little with the settings and also with the number of characters in the numbering format. But you don't need extra characters in the normal text.

pixxxelschubser

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Just as an addition: The tabulator in the paragraph style gives you control over the spacing of your text to the characters you have defined in the numbering format.

Barb Binder

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But if that was the only solution, thank you!

There is a feature specifically for aligning punctuation in Bullets and Numbering dialog box.

Choose Alignment: Right, increase the Left Indent and decrease the First Line Indent until you get the desired result (and keep preview enabled so that you can see it in real time). Then save the results as a paragraph style so that you can assign the formatting to the rest of your book with a single click.

I wrote this up years ago and while the screen shots show their age, it still works the exact same way.

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-aligning-punctuation-in-numbered-lists/

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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giobdAuthor

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Thank you for this additionnal trick! (I did not try it yet, I'm not at this point yet.)

pixxxelschubser

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Community Expert

This seems a bit "like a shot from behind through the chest into the eye", but it works for me without any extra tab in the text or find&change - just write and apply the paragraph style:

Only two paragraph marks inserted in the text (pressed Enter twice)

The setting is a little tricky and does not work with all values. You have to play a little with the settings and also with the number of characters in the numbering format. But you don't need extra characters in the normal text.

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giobdAuthor

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Thank you very much! You had the secret code!

Robert at ID-Tasker

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Paragraph Style settings - indents.

Set LEFT indent and then FIRST LINE to a negative value equal to LEFT value. Plus you would need to insert extra tab in front 😉 but it can be done in bulk using Find&Change or GREP.