Bullet points, no way to tab them across to create sub points

[madboy]

Be great to have th standard bullet point tabs that shift tabs across like in the image, I know you can choose different bullet styles, but this is a real pain. Much better to have the little arrow icon to create the following (or see image as well):

• How you should stay connected – there are many ways to do this, but what is most important is that you choose a way that is easy and people will use.

  • Discuss the ways that people already use to stay connected and see if those will work for you.

Cheers,
mike

[mac_heibu]

Which „little arrow icon“ are you talking about?

Structured, indented lists are actually possible by using 2 or more tabs and selecting the desired list type:

 

[madboy]

See the image of a google doc I attached, by the bullet points there is an arrow that increases the indent of the bullet and then auto creates a white circle bullet point. 

I didn't realise you could use the tab to do that.

Loving the software by way

 

[mac_heibu]

Really don’t understand "by the bullet points there is an arrow“???

But forget it! If you found the way, all is fine! (By the way: You can select the bulleted lines and increase/decrease distances by moving the tab symbol in the text ruler.)

[madboy]

 

Cheers,

Mike

[Aammppaa]

But Is there an easy way to set a list style that changes the bullet character for each level of bullet?

Eg first level solid round bullet, second level solid square bullet, third level hollow round bullet, fourth level hollow square bullet. 

[Dave Harris]

10 hours ago, Aammppaa said:

But Is there an easy way to set a list style that changes the bullet character for each level of bullet?

Eg first level solid round bullet, second level solid square bullet, third level hollow round bullet, fourth level hollow square bullet. 

Yes. By default using tab at the start of a bullet paragraph will just increase the indent. However, if you use text styles to create the bullet, you can link them together using the Next level setting in the styles editor. When that is set, tab leaves indents alone and switches to the next level style instead. The default stylesheet includes some bullet styles which show how it works. These use the next level style to change the bullet character, just as you desire.

You can use the same technique to advance header styles, too, or any sequence of related styles that you want to switch between. The default stylesheet has Heading 1 linked to Heading 2 in this way. Use shift-tab to go back to the previous style.

Instead of the tab key at the start of the paragraph, you can use the menu options for Text > List > Increase Level, which has default shortcut CMD-] on Mac, anywhere in the paragraph. The tab key behaviour can be switched off from Preferences > Auto-Correct.

[Aammppaa]

Thanks Dave, had not yet discovered that feature.