The commands for numbered lists can be found via the Numbered lists icon 
on the ribbon tab Home | group Paragraph.
You can use this button to directly apply and edit predefined lists or to create your own custom lists and then apply them. For more information, see Advanced functions: Creating your own numbered lists).
Applying finished lists directly with the icon's dropdown menu
If you want to access predefined lists immediately without creating your own list, proceed as follows:
| 1. | Position the text cursor in the paragraph to which you want to apply the numbered list, or select multiple paragraphs. |
| 2. | On the ribbon tab Home | group Paragraph, click on the small arrow of the Numbered lists icon . |
| 3. | In the dropdown menu, you will find predefined numbered lists in the New lists section. If you have already used numbered lists in the document, an additional section named In the document appears. Here, the program displays the numbered lists already used in the document, which you can reapply directly. |
Note: As soon as you have applied a numbered list for the first time, TextMaker gives this numbered list an automatically generated name (Numbered list1, Numbered list2, etc.). You can see this name in the dropdown menu of the Numbered lists icon 
in the In the document section when you hover over a list here with the mouse.
Tip: The numbered lists used and their names can also be found via the dropdown menu entry Format numbered lists in the dialog box. For more information, see the paragraph "Using lists via the dialog box" below..
The information on the name of the numbered list is not completely unimportant, since you can decide at any time when using numbered lists whether you want to continue with previous numbering or restart numbering:
▪Continue numbering: Select the paragraph at which you want to continue the previous numbering. In the In the document section of the dropdown list of the Numbered lists icon , select the numbered list that you have already used and want to continue using.
| Tip: If several lists are displayed here and you don't know exactly which list is the right one to continue using: The applied list is highlighted in blue in the dropdown menu of the Numbered lists icon when you place the cursor in the relevant paragraph. |
| Alternatively, simply click directly on the icon itself to reapply the last numbering used. |
▪Start new numbering: In the dropdown menu of the icon Numbered lists , select a different numbered list in either the In the document section or in the New lists section. This can then also have the same format, but still starts with the numbering from the beginning.
Tip: If you click directly on the icon itself , the following functions are performed depending on the context:
a. If a list has not yet been inserted in the document, the dialog box opens (see below).
b. If a list has already been inserted in the document, the last numbering is continued.
c. If you select paragraphs that already contain numbering, the numbering is removed.
Other options in the dropdown menu of the icon
You will also find the following entries in the dropdown menu of the command Home | Numbered lists :
▪None in the Remove list section: To remove numbering from a paragraph, select the desired paragraph and choose this option.
▪Skip numbering: Within a numbered list, you often require a paragraph for which the numbering is to be temporarily suspended, but then resumed for the following paragraph. To do so, position the text cursor in the relevant paragraph and enable this option.
▪There is also a Heading lists section that can be used to automatically number all headings in a document. For more information, see Numbering headings.
▪To further customize numbered lists – for example, by inserting additional hierarchical levels 1.1. and 1.2. or 1.1.1, etc. – select the entry Format numbered lists in the dropdown menu to open the dialog box. (For more information, see the following paragraphs.)
Tip: If numbering already exists, you can access the dialog box even faster by clicking on the numbering directly in the text. Alternatively, you can navigate via the context menu by selecting the entry Bullets and numbering.
Using lists via the dialog box
Choose the path via the dialog box if you want to make further adjustments to numbered lists. For example, you can set additional levels, rename, edit or completely delete the numbered list in the dialog box.
Proceed as follows:
| 1. | Position the text cursor in the paragraph to which you want to apply the numbered list or select several paragraphs. |
| 2. | Under Home | Numbered lists , click on the icon's small arrow and select Format numbered lists to open the dialog box. |
| 3. | Switch to the Numbered lists tab. |
| 4. | Select the desired numbered list. |
| Note: Lists only appear here if numbered lists have already been used in the document. You must therefore have already used one of the predefined lists in the dropdown menu as described above or define your own list using the New button. For more information, see Creating your own numbered lists. |
| If required, you can now also set a different list level for the selected paragraph or rename, edit or completely delete a list. Learn more about this in the paragraph "Options of the dialog box" below. |
| 6. | Click on Apply. |
The paragraphs are now formatted with the relevant numbering.
Note: If you apply a hierarchical list with the option Use paragraph's outline level as list level enabled (in the dialog box of the Edit button), numbering appears only for headings. Normal text (paragraphs with outline level zero) will have no numbering.
Options of the dialog box
The options in the dialog box of the command Home | Numbered lists | Format numbered lists have the following functions:
▪Numbered lists in the upper left window
| The predefined or newly created numbered lists that were previously used in the document are displayed here. If you select one of the numbered lists, you can either Apply it directly, Edit it or Rename it. |
| The entry None removes the numbering from the selected paragraph. |
▪ New button
| Use this button to create a new individually defined numbered list. For more information, see Creating your own numbered lists. |
▪Edit button
| If you want to customize a numbered list, select it from the list on the left side of the dialog box and use the Edit button to make individual customizations for numbering. For more information on the individual options, see Creating your own numbered lists. |
Note: Changes to a numbered list affect all paragraphs that were previously formatted with this numbered list.
▪Delete button
| To delete a numbered list completely from the document, select it in the list on the left side of the dialog box and then click on the Delete button. |
Note: When you delete a numbered list, the numbering is removed from all paragraphs that were formatted with this list.
▪Rename button
| To rename the numbered list, select it from the list on the left side of the dialog box, click on the Rename button and type a new name. |
▪Preview
| The hierarchical list level of the selected paragraph is displayed here. Here, you can set another level and apply it directly by clicking on the desired level, as with the next option List level. |
▪List level
| You can set the hierarchical list level here. If you set this option to 1, for example, the paragraph will be formatted as a list item at level 1 and will have a number of the form "1", while if you set the option to 3, the paragraph will have a number of the form "1.1.1", etc. |
| Note: The list level cannot be specified if you have enabled the option Use paragraph's outline level as list level in the dialog box of the Edit button because TextMaker then automatically uses the outline level of the paragraph as the list level. |
▪Skip numbering
| Within a numbered list, you often require a paragraph for which the numbering is to be temporarily suspended, but then resumed for the following paragraph. To do so, position the text cursor in the relevant paragraph and select the option Skip numbering. |
| The selected paragraph's number is then removed, and only its indentation is retained. The numbering resumes for the following paragraph. |
Tip: You can also easily access the option Skip numbering via the context menu or directly via the dropdown menu of the Numbered lists icon (by clicking on the icon's small arrow).
▪Restart numbering
| This option restarts the numbering for this paragraph and thus resets the number to 1. |
| Note: If several paragraphs are selected when you choose this command, the numbering is reset only for the first selected paragraph. |
Click on the Apply button to apply the changes to the selected paragraphs.
For information on creating custom lists, see Creating your own numbered lists.