Hello,
I'm using the latest version of Pages for Mavericks (5.2.2) to write my report and I have about 40 references. Is there any easier way to add a bullet list using square bracketed numbers as the bullets? As mentioned, the only options available use round, standard brackets.
Many thanks in advance,
Calum
You are constrained to using the available numbers display styles, as these are designed into the application. Bullet lists can be individually manipulated to appear as [1.] — but must be individually customized with each increment and indent change.
I see that you dually posted here earlier today. Above is your answer.
Hi VikingOSX,
Thanks very much for your reply.
When you say individually customised, do you mean the list as a whole or each bullet? If you mean the latter then 40 bullets is a lot to customise 😟!
Either way, how do i go about doing what you're suggesting?
Many thanks once again,
Calum
You enable text bullets (I used Bullet Big*). By default, a bullet will appear in the Bullet: window. Back-space this bullet, and replace with [1.], and press return. For my example, I set the text indent to 0.5 in. Copy/paste your first content into the first bullet text location. Now, copy/paste the second bullet content immediately following the period of the first bullet text.
Set your After Paragraph setting to 9 pt for this example. Now position your cursor between the first bullet content, and what is expected to be the second bullet content — and press return. The [1.] is repeated and its content is now wrapped. Back to the bullet section of the Format Text panel. Just change the number inside the brackets, and press return. You now have two, number bracket list items. Continue to follow this pattern to build your bracketed list items.
If you had attempted to paste the content for the second item after you had pressed return from the first, the content would have overwritten the second [1] — before you could change it.
The following will export correctly to PDF, and opens correctly in Word 15.10 in Office for Mac 2016 Preview. The brackets are lost in LibreOffice Writer v4.4.3. The formatting (Word) is retained by Preview on Mavericks, but Preview on Yosemite destroys the "0" second indent (default) on Mavericks, and line wrap is lost. The .docx formatting is retained by Pages v5.5.3 on Yosemite.
Result from Pages v5.2.2.
Thanks again for your help VikingOSX!
Think I'll stick with Harvard unless I run out of things to say before the deadline! 😁
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