Problem with numbering

[BartonGarrett256]

I am struggling with a minor issue with numbering, but it’s driving me crazy and I can’t figure out how to fix it. I’ve tried every setting in the Paragraph Style Options- Bullets and Numbering, Justification, and Indents and Spacing.   I am numbering items, the items are sentences, some are paragraphs.  InDesign sets each up so the second line is aligned with the number, I want it to align with the first line of text.  I want ‘second‘ to be aligned with ‘Acceleration‘ in the example below. Can someone please explain how to do that? 

Many thanks!

[BobLevine]

Play around with the first line indent and the full indent. First line should be the negative of the full indent.

IOW, paragraph indent is .3 inches. First line is -.3 inches. Set the first tab for .3 inches as well.

[SJRiegel · Accepted solution]

You can do this in the Paragraph pallet or the tabs pallet.

[BartonGarrett256]

Thanks!  It looks like maybe I can make this work, I do not use tabs much I will have to learn their ins and outs.  It looks like I need to set up a new document and try it from scratch, it does a local overwrite when I try it in a existing document.

  InDesign is powerful but a demanding master, I cannot yet walk on the rice paper and leave no trace. .

[BartonGarrett256]

Thanks, I have been trying that for longer than I want to admit and I can't make it work.

[BobLevine]

Do you have a tab character set for after the number?