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Working with Lists

Confluence allows you to create bulleted or numbered lists, and is flexible enough to allow a combination of the two lists.

Simple lists

Use the hyphen (-) to create simple lists.

Make sure there is a space between the hyphen and your text.

What you need to type What you will get
- some
- bullet
- points
  • some
  • bullet
  • points

Bulleted lists

Use the asterisk (*) to create bullets. For each subsequent level, add an extra asterisk.

Make sure there is a space between the asterisk and your text.

What you need to type What you will get
* some
* bullet
** indented
** bullets
* points
  • some
  • bullet
    • indented
    • bullets
  • points

Numbered lists

Use the hash (#) to create numbered lists.

Make sure there is a space between the hash and your text.

What you need to type What you will get
# a
# numbered
# list
  1. a
  2. numbered
  3. list

Mixed lists

If you need to separate the text within lists using line breaks, make sure you do so using //. Line breaks using empty lines may disrupt the list.

What you need to type What you will get
# Here
#* is
#* an
# example
#* of
#* a
# mixed
# list
  1. Here
    • is
    • an
  2. example
    • of
    • a
  3. mixed
  4. list
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  1. Dec 27, 2006

    Scott Garber says:

    If there were a way to add alphanumeric lists, that would be great. That is, ins...

    If there were a way to add alpha-numeric lists, that would be great. That is, instead of having nested bullets, you could nest alpha headings in a numbered list or vice-versa. I saw a comment in another page about this and no one answered it. Is there a macro that allows this somehow? Does Confluence even support alpha lists?