Bulleted & Numbered Lists
Atlantis has comprehensive support for all types of lists, bulleted and numbered, whether simple (one level) or outline (multilevel). You will find clear explanations in the help on how to use the list feature in Atlantis. This document takes things a little further. It illustrates a number of unusual list formats that can designed in Atlantis.
Two-level lists which do not display Level-1 items
Two-level lists with a fixed number of Level-2 items
Two-level lists which do not display Level-1 items
Two-level lists normally show all their levels:
1	Level-1 Item
1.1	Level-2 Item
1.2	Level-2 Item
1.3	Level-2 Item
2	Level-1 Item
2.1	Level-2 Item
2.2	Level-2 Item
2.3	Level-2 Item
3	Level-1 Item
3.1	Level-2 Item
3.2	Level-2 Item
3.3	Level-2 Item
But at times you might want the Level-1 items not to be displayed:
1.1	Level-2 Item
1.2	Level-2 Item
1.3	Level-2 Item
2.1	Level-2 Item
2.2	Level-2 Item
2.3	Level-2 Item
3.1	Level-2 Item
3.2	Level-2 Item
3.3	Level-2 Item
The difficulty is that ordinary outline lists cannot normally work in this way. Indeed, if you create a numbered list with no Level-1 items, all its Level-2 items will naturally be numbered continuously from first to last. But this is not what we want here. For example, we want the “1.3” item to be followed by the “2.1” item, not by a “1.4” item. The Level-2 items need to keep some kind of invisible reference to the Level-1 items so that their numbering is restarted at all the appropriate places whenever a Level-1 item would normally break the numbering of the Level-2 items.
It is a bit tricky, but there is a solution to this problem. Let’s suppose that we have the following outline list as a starting point:
1	Level-1 Item
1.1	Level-2 Item
1.2	Level-2 Item
1.3	Level-2 Item
2	Level-1 Item
2.1	Level-2 Item
2.2	Level-2 Item
2.3	Level-2 Item
3	Level-1 Item
3.1	Level-2 Item
3.2	Level-2 Item
3.3	Level-2 Item
Here is how to proceed:
1) Click any of the Level-1 items and choose “Format | List…” from the Atlantis main menu. The List dialog should open like so:

2) Click in the “Text” box and type “.1” as a new static component of the Level-1 items:

3) OK out of the dialog. You should get the following list:
1.1	Level-1 Item
1.1	Level-2 Item
1.2	Level-2 Item
1.3	Level-2 Item
2.1	Level-1 Item
2.1	Level-2 Item
2.2	Level-2 Item
2.3	Level-2 Item
3.1	Level-1 Item
3.1	Level-2 Item
3.2	Level-2 Item
3.3	Level-2 Item
As you can see, the Level-1 items now display with the same numbers as the Level-2 items that follow them.
4) Click any of the Level-2 items in the list and choose “Format | List…” again. The List dialog will open with Level-2 automatically selected:

5) Now specify “2” as the “Start at” value for the Level-2 items:

6) OK out of the dialog. You should get the following list:
1.1	Level-1 Item
1.2	Level-2 Item
1.3	Level-2 Item
1.4	Level-2 Item
2.1	Level-1 Item
2.2	Level-2 Item
2.3	Level-2 Item
2.4	Level-2 Item
3.1	Level-1 Item
3.2	Level-2 Item
3.3	Level-2 Item
3.4	Level-2 Item
We are getting close but the Level-2 items are still displaying with inappropriate indenting. Of course, we want all the list items to share the same indent value. So one more step is needed.
7) Click any Level-1 item again and choose “Format | List…” from the main menu.
8) Specify identical indents for both the first and second level of the list:

9) OK out of the List dialog. The list should now display as expected:
1.1	Level-1 Item
1.2	Level-2 Item
1.3	Level-2 Item
1.4	Level-2 Item
2.1	Level-1 Item
2.2	Level-2 Item
2.3	Level-2 Item
2.4	Level-2 Item
3.1	Level-1 Item
3.2	Level-2 Item
3.3	Level-2 Item
3.4	Level-2 Item
Now you might say “how do I add new items to this list?” Good question because if you place the caret at the end of the “3.4” item and press the Enter key, you will get “3.5” as the new item:
3.4	Level-2 Item
3.5	
This is OK if it is what you want.
But instead you might want Atlantis to “restart” numbering with the new Level-2 item. Here is how to proceed to get “4.1” after a “3.4” item in the above list:
1) Open the “Tools | Options…” dialog, click the Edit tab, and make sure that the Tab and Backspace change list levels option is on. OK out of the Options dialog.
2) Place the caret at the end of the “3.4” item in the list.
3) Press the Enter key, and immediately afterwards, press the Backspace key. The “3.5” item that was inserted right after you pressed the Enter key will automatically be replaced with a “4.1” item:
3.4	Level-2 Item
4.1	
Now there is an alternative method to achieve the same result:
1) Place the caret at the end of the “3.4” item in the list.
2) Press the Enter key.
3)  Click the “3.5” number which was automatically created after you pressed the Enter key. The “Bullets & Numbers” toolbar will pop up:
 
4) Click the “Promote list item” button. You should get a new “4.1” item:
3.4	Level-2 Item
4.1	
If you think that you might need to build similar lists in the future, you can add this kind of list format to your List Gallery right now. Simply click any item in the completed list above, choose “Format | List…” from the Atlantis main menus, and click the Add to List Gallery button:

Now this particular list format will be available from the Atlantis List Gallery. Here is how to use it:
1) Create a numbered outline list with the same kind of basic design.
2) Create a first item in that list.
3)  Choose “Format | List…”  from the Atlantis main menus.
4) In the List dialog, double-click the appropriate list format in the List Gallery.
5) OK out of the List dialog.
6) Add new items to the list by pressing the Enter key.
7) Do not forget that you need to promote or demote list items whenever needed in order to get the desired break in the automatic numbering (see explanations right above).
Here are other similar list formats that you might want to use in your documents:
* The following list works in the same way but uses uppercase Latin letters for the first part of the numbering text:
A1	Level-1
A2	Level-2
A3	Level-2
A4	Level-2
B1	Level-1
B2	Level-2
B3	Level-2
B4	Level-2
C1	Level-1
C2	Level-2
C3	Level-2
C4	Level-2
If you are curious to see how the above list was designed, click any of its list items, choose “Format | List…” from the main menus. The List dialog will show you how this list was set.
* The following list works in a similar way but uses Arabic digits plus lowercase Roman letters for its numbering text:
1a	Level-1
1b	Level-2
1c	Level-2
1d	Level-2
2a	Level-1
2b	Level-2
2c	Level-2
2d	Level-2
3a	Level-1
3b	Level-2
3c	Level-2
If you think that you might have some use for these list formats in the future, you can add them to your List Gallery too. Use the method described a little further up in this document but click within the list format of interest first.
Two-level lists with a fixed number of Level-2 items
In some lists the Level-1 items are always followed by a fixed number of Level-2 items. In the next sample list, each Level-1 item is systematically followed by 3 Level-2 items:
1.	Level-1 Item
1.1.	Level-2 Item
1.2.	Level-2 Item
1.3.	Level-2 Item
2.	Level-1 Item
2.1.	Level-2 Item
2.2.	Level-2 Item
2.3.	Level-2 Item
3.	Level-1 Item
3.1.	Level-2 Item
3.2.	Level-2 Item
3.3.	Level-2 Item
This kind of numbering scheme can easily be created and managed using so called style-controlled lists. Here is how to proceed:
1) First, add four new styles to the document, i.e. “Style 1”, “Style 2”, “Style 3”, and “Style 4”. The easiest way is through the New style command on the Styles panel of the Atlantis Control Board:

2) Select “Style 1” in the Styles panel.
3) Click “Modify style” on the Styles panel bottom toolbar.
4) The “Edit Style” dialog will pop up. Click the “List…” button:

5) Double-click the appropriate outline list format in the List Gallery:

6) OK out of the List dialog.
7) The “Edit Style” dialog will show that “Style 1” is now associated with Level-1 of the outline list:

8) Specify “Style 2” as the “Next paragraph style” for “Style 1”:

9) OK out of the “Edit Style” dialog.
10) Click “Style 2” in the Styles panel of the Control Board, and use the “Modify style” command again to bring up  the “Edit Style” dialog.
11) Click the “List…” button in the “Edit Style” dialog. The List dialog will open in this way:

12) Click to display the “Style-controlled list formats” tab:

13) In the above “Style-controlled list formats”, double-click the only style-controlled list format currently available. This will load the list format on the upper panel.
14) Click “2” in the “Level” box to associate “Style 2” with Level-2 of the list format:

15) OK out of the above dialog.
16) Specify “Style 3” as the “Next paragraph style” for “Style 2”:

17) Adjust “Style 3” and “Style 4” in the same way as you have just adjusted “Style 2” (associate them with Level-2 of this style-controlled list). But specify “Style 4” as the “Next paragraph style” for “Style 3”, and specify “Style 1” as the “Next paragraph style” for “Style 4”. Note that “Style 1”, “Style 2”, “Style 3”, and “Style 4” in the present document style list have been set as just described.
18) Press Enter to create a new paragraph
19) Double-click “Style 1” in the Styles panel of the Control Board to apply that style to the new paragraph. This will create the first item in this style-controlled list:
1. Level-1 list item
20) Press Enter to create new items. Atlantis will apply proper outline numbering automatically and create Level-1 items whenever 3 Level-2 items have been inserted:
1.	Level-1 list item
1.1.	Level-2 list item
1.2.	Level-2 list item
1.3.	Level-2 list item
2.	Level-1 list item
2.1.	Level-2 list item
2.2.	Level-2 list item
2.3.	Level-2 list item
3.	Level-1 list item
3.1.	Level-2 list item
3.2.	Level-2 list item
3.3.	Level-2 list item
4.	Level-1 list item
4.1.	Level-2 list item
4.2.	Level-2 list item
4.3.	Level-2 list item
5.	Level-1 list item
5.1.	Level-2 list item
5.2.	Level-2 list item
5.3.	Level-2 list item
21) When you have added all the list items that you need, press Enter one more time, then apply the “Normal” style to the current paragraph. You can use the Styles pull-down menu on the Atlantis Formatting main toolbar, or double-click the “Normal” style in the Styles panel of the Control Board. This will remove the automatic numbering that was added when you pressed the Enter key and will close the list.