Lists and Indents

Lists are a great way to summarise information and indents are perfect for highlighting blocks of information. This tutorial shows you how to add both to your content...

Bullet Points

Bullet point lists are perfect for quickly presenting unordered information:

* An item
* Another item

Would produce:

• An item
• Another item

You can also use square bullets:

- An item
- Another item

Results in:

• An item
• Another item

Numbered Lists

When you have ordered information to display, numbered lists are perfect as they automatically number each item:

# First item
# Second item

Results in:

1. First item
2. Second item

Nested Lists

You can easily create nested lists and even change the list type at different levels:

* An item
** Indented item
*- Another indented item
* Another item
*# Item 1
*#- A bullet point
*# Item 2

Results in:

• An item
  • Indented item
  • Another indented item
• Another item
  1. Item 1
     • A bullet point
  2. Item 2

Indents

On this site we regularly use indents to highlight notes or examples:

bq. Quoted text

Results in a single line of text being indented, with a bar at the side:

Quoted text

If you want to indent several lines of content (text or otherwise), use the quote macro:

{quote}First line
Second line
|Or|anything|else|{quote}

Results in:

First line
Second line

Or

anything

else

Hints and Tips

Use bullet points and numbered lists wherever the chance arises to quickly summarise information in a concise manner.

Use quotations only where they greatly improve readability or to highlight very important points.

Frequently Asked Questions