List

If you want to turn your text into a list, or if it’s already a list and you want to change the way it looks, head to the List tab. Your first choice is Indent Level, which determines how far to indent the list from the left edge of the page. Each successive level is meant for that level of nested list—for example, choosing 3 here would mean a list within a list within a list. Author has some standard indent sizes, but you can adjust them with the next options.

Next you choose what kind of list you want—bulleted or numbered—and how to style the list marker. The option you choose determines what you’ll see next. If you choose Text Bullets, you can choose what icon to use as the list marker, and what color to make it. If you choose Image Bullets, you can choose from a list of standard images for your list marker. If that’s not enough, choose Custom Image to choose an image file from your computer to use. No matter which bullet style you choose, you can change how big the bullet is compared to the text (Size), how far up or down to align it next to the paragraph (Align), and whether to scale the bullet image as you resize your text. If you turn this checkbox off, the bullet will stay exactly the sam....