Ordered Lists
Here is an example of an ordered list:
- Wake up
- Get dressed
- Eat breakfast
- Go to work
Each item in the list is numbered.
You can also nest ordered lists.
- Wake up
- Get dressed
- Eat breakfast
- Go to work
- Turn on computer
- Make coffee
- Check email
Ordered lists can be used to dynamically number items. Be careful with
their use because users may confuse the numbers with numbered links in Lynx.
Generally, It is recommend that you DO NOT use ordered lists.
- Adding a new item near the top of the list will renumber all
the other items. Very awkward if you have referred to them later in the
document, or in another document.
- Subsequent nests all use the same coding system; 1., 2., 3.
It is very confusing if you are later referring to 3. Check email, and
the reader thinks you are referring to 3. Eat breakfast.
If you need to nest ordered lists, nesting unordered lists withen ordered
lists may be a solution.
Notice in the HTML source (which you can view by
pressing \) that
the nested lists are indented. This is not necessary, but it makes the
HTML source easier to read.
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Originally written by Bonny Lee and Carol Wulfman for CCN
Community Net Training. Edited by Robert Adams. Last modified 1996/03/08
15:41:39 by helpdoc