Fixing Inconsistent Formatting in Numbered Lists  I don’t intend
to be very active on this blog for the next few months for
double top secret reasons that may or may not have to do with
the characters C, S, and 5. I’ll focus on short and sweet posts,
like this one.  Here’s a little tidbit from the Format a
bulleted or numbered list Help topic.  When you italicize or
bold the first word of a bulleted or numbered list paragraph,
the formatting is applied to the number as well, making it
inconsistent with the rest of the numbering. Like this:   See
how the number 3 is italicized just like the first word? That’s
ugly. So what’s the solution? Apply a character style to the
numbering. Here’s what it says in Help:   Now, back to the fun
stuff!  6 Responses to Fixing Inconsistent Formatting in
Numbered Lists    1. lowell says:      hmmmm…this does NOT tell
me how to apply the character style to the number. i can’t even
select the number to apply the character style!     2. Jennifer
says:      Lowell, this may be too