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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Combining Numbered Lists</title>
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  <bookmark_value>numbering; combining</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>merging;numbered lists</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>joining;numbered lists</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3150495" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="join_numbered_lists"><link href="text/swriter/guide/join_numbered_lists.xhp" name="Combining Numbered Lists">Combining Ordered Lists</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3149692" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">You can combine two ordered lists into a single list.</paragraph>

<h2 id="hd_id3149452" xml-lang="en-US">To Combine Two Ordered Lists</h2>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3155911" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">On the <menuitem>Formatting</menuitem> Bar, click the <menuitem>Toggle Ordered List</menuitem> icon twice.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3155870" xml-lang="en-US">To Create a Ordered List From Non-consecutive Paragraphs</h2>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3153417" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline> and drag a selection in the first numbered paragraph. You only have to select one character.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3149644" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Continue to hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline>, and drag a selection in each numbered paragraph of the lists you want to combine.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3145102" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">On the <menuitem>Formatting</menuitem> Bar, click the <menuitem>Toggle Ordered List</menuitem> icon twice.</paragraph>
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<tip id="par_id751615828987862">To add selected paragraphs to an existing list, use <link href="text/swriter/02/add_to_list.xhp" name="Add to List"><menuitem>Format - Lists - Add to List</menuitem></link>.</tip>
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