Text Boxes - Numbered List

[Amelia S]

Hey guys!

Here's something that's kind of trivial but I figured I may as well ask. Is it possible to have a numbered list with the text automatically justified to the left, a little bit away from the numbers? I've tried to explain my question and/or wishlist request graphically in the attached numbered list.

Thanks!

[CipesDesign]

No way that I know of in VW's, unless you use the Space Bar and do it on the fly (which will get dicey when you hit the number 10!). You could attempt to create the list elsewhere (Word, Pages, etc.) and copy and paste, but no guarantees...

EDIT: Wait, I'll bet you can do this in a Worksheet!! In fact I know you can...

Edited April 2, 2015 by CipesDesign

[Amelia S]

Thanks Peter. Looks like I forgot to attach the sample list. It seems like a good wish list item to me.

Edited April 6, 2015 by Amelia S

[CipesDesign]

Agreed! I fight with this on a daily basis. One other possible workaround would be to use two Text Blocks, one that only contains the numbers (and is spaced as appropriate) and the second to contain the actual notes.

You could align them Left, and the Notes Block could be aligned Left and allowed to Auto-wrap (which is possible).

Still, not ideal. But perhaps a bit easier to control...

[dcont]

Boooo! VW should have this figured out by now. It seams like such an easy thing for them to incorporate this. Numbered lists for our specs with proper indentation would be used all the time if it were easily editable and and auto numbered. I can't tell you the time we waste coping and pasting our specs, and having to reformat them because the original formatting does not paste in as intended.

[PVA - Admin]

Adding this to an existing request.

[Miguel Barrera]

Am I missing something?

You should be able to do numbered notes with the General Notes Tool

[PVA - Admin]

Only if everything is done with that and keynotes. Ideally users should be able to do this within regular Text objects as well to keep things simple, with options to configure numbers, letters, bullet points, indents and so on like you can in word processing applications.

[RickR]

I recall discussing object linking and embedding with a CAD maker. The idea is to use actual word processing and spreadsheet programs rather than recreating Office 1.0

[ford519]

Anyone figure this out yet? Or has this been updated? The general notes tool is not good for fast, numbered lists that may need to be edited multiple times.

[Jesse Cogswell]

@ford519 I wrote a plug-in last spring to cover a slightly different goal, but it does incorporate numbered lists.  Check out this post:

 

I have made some slight revisions since the post above, so the most current version can be found in this post: