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Numbered List starts indenting at Number 10.

New Here ,
May 03, 2021 May 03, 2021

I'm very new to InDesign.

I've created a numbered list and a paragraph style for the numbered list. I'm using the same indent, negative first line indent, and tab for the whole thing, and it's set in the paragraph style also.

Everything works great until I reach the number 10 on the list, then for 10, 11 and all numbers after that, the next is indenting massively. I've looked at the Bullets and Numbering options for those specific lines and they look identical to everything else.
I also have hidden characters turned on and I see nothing there to give me any clue as to why it's indenting.
I have a picture just below it on it on the design so thought it might be a text wrapping thing, but deleted the photo and it changed nothing.
I've searched online on all I see is issues with counterbalancing the first line indent with the left indent for numbered lists. Nothing on this happening to 2 digit numbers only in the numbered list.

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Community Expert , May 03, 2021 May 03, 2021
Set those numbers to right align.
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May 03, 2021 May 03, 2021
Set those numbers to right align.
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New Here ,
Dec 01, 2022 Dec 01, 2022

How? This is a terrible answer and I have no idea how it got marked correct. 

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New Here ,
Jun 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023

Setting those numbers to "right align" does not help at all. This answer is wrong.

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Community Expert ,
May 03, 2021 May 03, 2021

When you option+click on the numbering button, it will bring up the dialog. If you have trouble getting this to work, show a screen shot so we can see what you have so far. Update the paragraph style after you make the edits.

 

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New Here ,
May 08, 2022 May 08, 2022

I had this issue. I resolved it by adjusting the tab position at the bottom of the bullets and numbering section in my paragraph style. I think the issue was that the 10. with the extra digit takes up more space on the line and pushes everthing over. 

Hope this makes sense!

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New Here ,
Jun 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023

This is exactly the problem. Thank you. It would be nice if Adobe could patch this.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023

The Indent and Tab position settings also have to allow enough space for the numbers:

 

Screen Shot.pngScreen Shot 1.pngScreen Shot 2.png

 

 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023

You can also align the numbers right and the text left, but not with Bullets & Numbering—has to be done manually with a tab on either side of the number. You still have to allow enough space for the two numbers:

 

Screen Shot 3.png

First tab is Right Justified, the 2nd Left Justified:

 

Screen Shot 4.png

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New Here ,
Apr 28, 2025 Apr 28, 2025

Not sure why this happens, but it seemed to fix itself when I clicked on the Number List button (to make it regular text) then clicked it again to make it a Number List. Although it now shows up in the Preflight Panel as not being in the text style. But if it works it works I guess.

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New Here ,
Apr 28, 2025 Apr 28, 2025

UPDATE: Found a much better way to properly fix it. I had the indent and space before set to 5mm and -5mm respectively, changing it to 6mm & -6mm respectively fixed it. This was because when I got to 20 there wasn't enough room for the number to fit.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 29, 2025 Apr 29, 2025
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Which is exactly what was pointed out, in detail, above. And since this discussion was asked and answered two years ago, I'm locking it. If you have any further issues, please start a new discussion.

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