Creating numbered/bulletted text in Photoshop.

[surfotw10]

Hello I was wondering if it is posible to create numbered/bulleted text in photoshop, with indentation as it is done in MS Word.

I tried the paragraph palette but I cannot do indentation per single line:

I wanted to do something like this:

Just something like the text that appears to the left of the image of that house. The image displayed shows the various components of a water distribution system for a single home which collects rain water and deposits it in a storage tank. The only text that I have written in photoshop is the title and the web address.

This is for some course notes but I wanted to replace the original scanned text (which is in dark blue) for some photoshop text in black colour. But I want the text with the same indent format. Can this be done in Photoshop?

Could anyone please help?

Thank you for reading my inquiry.

[station_two]

Of course you can use a pair of pliers to drive a nail, but it's the wrong tool for the job.

Photoshop is not a page layout application nor a word processor.  In this case Photoshop is the wrong tool for the job. 

[surfotw10]

Oops  the image did not upload properly.

Here is my message again:

I was wondering if it is posible to create numbered/bulleted text in photoshop, with indentation as it is done in MS Word.

I tried the paragraph palette but I cannot do indentation per single line:

I wanted to do something like this:

Just something like the text that appears to the left of the image of that house. The image displayed shows the various components of a water distribution system for a single home which collects rain water and deposits it in a storage tank. The only text that I have written in photoshop is the title and the web address.

This is for some course notes but I wanted to replace the original scanned text (which is in dark blue) for some photoshop text in black colour. But I want the text with the same indent format. Can this be done in Photoshop?

Could anyone please help?

Thank you for reading my inquiry.

[kendallplant · Accepted solution]

Photoshop can't automatically generate a numbered list. As stalion_two mentioned, you're probably better off using a word processor.

Try entering a negative value for the first line indentation as shown below. You may have to adjust this number according to which font size/type/weight you're using. You can see that it replicated the indentation in the screenshot you provided.

[surfotw10]

Thank you very much Kendallplant,

I will try your solution.

But would that work if the whole 3 points where in a single text box?

Or, would I have to draw a single text box per point?

Just curious.

[sudarshan.t]

Apart from that, you can try InDesign for this. You're only placing a house image and adding text to it. You could use Photoshop for more complex purposes. InDesign can do this for you very easily. Have you tried it out?

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6da6a.html

[kendallplant]

You can place all the text in a single text box 🙂

[kendallplant]

I'm not sure if this is the kind of effect you're looking for, but you could try this indentation trick: http://www.ianhoar.com/2008/04/12/photoshop-tip-3-bullets-in-photoshop/