Can I have several different bullets for the same level of bullet list? If so how to do it? This is what I’m trying to do: for level 1 bullet, I’d like to create myBullet1 for dot bullet, myBullet2 for arrow, etc., but all assigned to level 1, tried for sometime but couldn’t make it work. Sorry, forgot to mention that I’m trying to use style and not bullet from menu.
To add to @kompilainenn’s answer:
If you need two different bullets (or more) for your lists, this means the lists have not the same significance or meaning. Then they should be paragraph-styled differently (even if the end-formatting is the same; styling reflects author’s intent, not typographical look). A list style (bullet definition) can be attached to a paragraph style in the Outline & Numbering tab.
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To create a list style, display the style side pane with F11 or Styles>Manage Styles and click on the fifth icon (list styles) from the left in the toolbar.
Right-click anywhere in the list and New. Use only the Position and Customize tabs. The others preset parameters in those tabs and if you mix both configuration approaches, you’ll get quickly confused.
Define your bullets in Customize, level per level. Position of bullet and paragraph indent is tuned in Position.
Create a dedicated paragraph style (or several, one per list category) for your list items. In the Outline & Numbering tab, associate the list style you created by selecting it from the Numbering style drop-down menu.
Usage
When you need a list item, turn the paragraph into a member of this list by selecting your user paragraph style either by double-clicking on its name in the style side pane or by selecting it from the toolbar paragraph style menu (this requires the style has already been used).
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Doing so will automate your list as you then only need to style it with your paragraph style. The bullet is automatically added.
EDIT 2021-05-27
Multiple bullet lists are examplified in AskLO-bullets.odt. There is no technical difficulty. However, don’t abuse the feature or your readers will get confused.
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You can create two (or more, as you want) list styles for different levels with the same indents and with different bullets
Look at example in attach
look at many bullets list stile in Sidebar
@kompilainenn thanks, it seems to me that your solution works for 1 level, in my case I’ll have 3 numeric sublevels with their own bullet lists, let show you an example
1. title one
bullet 1
bullet 2
1.1 title two
bullet 3
bullet 1
1.1.1 title three
bullet 1
bullet 2
Maybe this layout is not recommended, but this is what I’m trying to achieve. I’ll take a look to your example.
Is the indent meaningful in your example? I.e. should bullet 1s be also indented when they are within a Heading n part?
Semantically, are all bullet1 paragraphs member of the same logical list? I.e. have three different lists in the above snippet: bullet 1, bullet 2 and bullet 3?
You mention 3 levels. Explain which “bullet” is at which level. The solution is different according to where you set the levels.
@ajlittoz as I said, I’m no expert in this, I’m just curious to know if it’s possible. Sorry I’m afraid I didn’t make it clear, what I meant is I’ll have the following styles: L1B1arrow, L2B1arrow, L3B1arrow, L1B2dot, L2B2dot, L3B2dot, etc. so they’ll have different names with the same figure/character. I hope this explains better. Note bullet 1 is a bullet with the same figure/character (a dot, arrow, checkbox, etc.). Sorry my bad English, it’s not my mother language.
You can simplify a lot because all lists in Writer are multi-level. I’ll attach an example tomorrow (already night time here and I feel tired). You need only one list style per bullet set and only one paragraph style per list. It’ll be clear in the example file.
@ajlittoz @kompilainenn thanks to both of you for pointing out, I was mistaken, after thinking carefully, it doesn’t make sense to have several bullets for the same level. I don’t know what I was thinking, maybe just curious, to have a challenge.
I’ve added the example file to my answer.
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@ajlittoz, OK, thanks for this tip, I’ve updated the post. Thanks for all the help and pointing out my mistake.