Bulleted & Numbered Lists in Adobe InDesign

Bulleted and numbered lists can significantly enhance your layout when styled effectively. I frequently use this technique while designing various printed materials for my long-term client, EmC Leaders. Here’s an overview of my process in creating the proper Character and Paragraph styles : 1. Create a Bullet Character Style First of all I create a new Character Style (Window > Styles > Character Styles) that defines the style of my bullet. Usually I just want to have the bullet in a different color and size. I start from a duplicate of my body copy Character Style, by choosing Duplicate Style... from the contextual menu after (right) clicking the body copy style in the Characters Style panel. 2. Create a Bulleted List Next, I select my text, and make it a Bulleted List which you can select from the Control bar at the top, or go to Type > Bulleted & Numbered Lists > Apply Bullets. Then I select my entire list, hit Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + T to evoke the Tabs panel and tweak things to my…