Creating an ordered list

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.

Your need

You need, for example, to create a step instruction.

The possibility

It is possible to create ordered lists. The list element is the top element in a list. The list element may contain zero, one or more listitem elements as children. It is possible to create sub lists in lists.

In an ordered list, each listitem element is numbered. The specific numbering style (e.g. 1, 2, 3 or A, B, C or i, ii, iii) is defined in the style sheet. It is common practice to have different numbering styles for different list levels. The value list-ordered on the class attribute on the list element makes an ordered list.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to create an ordered list in a content or configuration file.

The result

Creating an ordered list

This is the file content before creating an ordered list:

This is the file content after creating an ordered list in the body part:

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Transforming paragraphs to an ordered list

This is the file content before transforming paragraphs to an ordered list:

This is the file content after transforming paragraphs to an ordered list in the body part:

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Overall steps

Put the caret in the file content, then click Block > List > Ordered on the top toolbar.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, put the caret where you want to create an ordered list.

3. On the top toolbar, click Block > List > Ordered.

An ordered list element is created, containing a listitem element with an empty paragraph element inside.

4. Type your text in the paragraph element.

5. If you want to create another paragraph element in the same listitem element, click Format > Paragraph on the top toolbar or press Shift+Enter.

6. To create the next listitem element with an empty paragraph element inside, press Enter.

7. Repeat from step 4 until your ordered list is finished.

It is possible to make sub lists inside a listitem element.

Alternative procedure: Transforming paragraphs to an ordered list using the top toolbar

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, select the paragraphs that you want to transform into an ordered list.

3. On the top toolbar, click Block > List > Ordered.

An ordered list element is created, containing listitem elements for each selected paragraph from the previous step.

Alternative procedure: Transforming paragraphs to an ordered list using the toolbar

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, select the paragraphs that you want to transform into an ordered list.

3. Right-click the selection.

A toolbar opens.

4. On the toolbar, click Transform > List > Ordered list.

An ordered list element is created, containing listitem elements for each selected paragraph from the previous step.