formatting paragraphs in numbered lists

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  downsizedlivingmag · Member · Jul 15, 2013 at 10:52 pm

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  Hi guys,

  I have a paragraph in a numbered list that looks like this:

  6. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  I want to tab over the last two lines so that they start in the same place as the first line.
  In other words, I want the paragraph to look like this:

  6. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  The draft I was working on would not allow me to tab over or use the space bar to move the other lines. I have looked through all the materials on numbered lists and paragraphs, but could not find an answer.

  Thanks so much!

  Cheers,
  Blair

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 16, 2013 at 4:09 pm

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  Hi Blair, when using the numbered-list buttons in the Visual Editor – or if manually formatting lists using HTML code – the lists are usually indented so that all the text lines up. I’m not sure if that was the effect you’re trying to achieve, since the formatting got stripped out here in the forum. :-)

  Numbered-list HTML looks like this:

  <ol>
  <li>first item</li>
  <li>second item</li>
  </ol>

  If you flip to Text (HTML) view in your editor and don’t see that code, you may need to reapply the formatting using the numbered (also known as ordered) list button in your Visual Editor. See button #5 here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-1

  If you’ve done all this and your lists still don’t look right, would you mind linking to the post or page in question so I can have a look directly? It’s OK if it’s in draft mode, I’ll still be able to see it.

  Thanks!

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  downsizedlivingmag · Member · Jul 16, 2013 at 10:45 pm

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  Hi kathrynwp,

  Thank you very much for your help. I was able to fix the problem with the numbered list function in the Visual Editor.

  Best regards,
  Blair

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 17, 2013 at 1:03 pm

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  Great, glad to hear you got your lists in order – pun intended. :-)