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Using lists can organize and order content in your document. Microsoft Word allows you to create multi-level lists. Lists can be modified to fit many purposes and personal styles. From official outlines to custom bullets, lists can add a lot to a document.
When adding a list to a document, take care to utilize the built-in list tool. This will ensure that your list is identified as a list by screen reading software.
Microsoft Word has an automatic list feature. To create a list, you can begin the first line with "1." Subsequent lines will number in order. Alternatively, you can type your list and then apply the list formatting. As items are added, removed, or rearranged, the list will automatically update.
Towards the end of the document is a numbered list of wildflowers that are recommended for use in landscaping. Phlox is the fourth plant listed. However, there are several types of phlox. Let's add more specific names to the list. These names will be nested under the more general "Phlox."
Click at the end of the fourth item in the numbered list
Enter key
Pressing the Enter key at the end of the fourth list item automatically renumbers the existing list and adds a place for a new fifth item.
We want to add specific types of phlox under the more general entry, Phlox. These specific names will be nested under the fourth list item.
Click in the line for the fifth list item
Tab key
Blue Phlox
Enter Key, type: Summer Phlox
Enter Key, type: Creeping Phlox
The nested list items have been lettered. The list looks like this: 
NOTE: The list may appear split across two pages.
Now that the nested items have been added to the list, let's explore some of the formatting options available. Both Microsoft Word and Google Docs allow us to change the type of list at any point.
Press & drag from "Blue" to "Catchfly"
In Microsoft Word, on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, Click 
, Click 
In Google Docs, on the toolbar, Click 
, Click 
The list has been modified to use parentheses instead of periods after the numbers. However, periods are still used after the nested list items.
Not all lists need to be numbered. The list of wildflowers is in alphabetical order, but the use of a numbered list may make it appear as if the flowers at the top of the list are more important than the flowers towards the bottom. In this case, a bulleted list would be a better fit. Both Microsoft Word and Google Docs move easily between numbered and bulleted lists.
Press & drag from "Blue" to "Catchfly"
Click 
The list is bulleted.
The type of bullets used in a bulleted list can be changed. As always, when making visual changes, keep in mind your subject matter and audience. The flashier bullets may seem like fun, but may not convey the tone of your report.
Click 
, Click any bullet in the Bullet Library
Now that you've made the change to the bullets, you may decide that you want to return to the default style. Let's undo the formatting.
Click 
The bulleted list now uses the default bullet style.
The bulleted list is complete. However, the nested items under Phlox are not in alphabetical order. Let's reorder the list.
Microsoft Word has a sort tool that will quickly sort selected text alphabetically.
Press & drag from Blue Phlox to Creeping Phlox
Click 
The Sort Text dialog box opens:
This dialog box gives us several options for sorting text. We can choose what to sort, the type of data being sorted, and how to sort. There are options for multi-level sorts as well as more advanced options.
We want to sort the selected paragraphs in ascending order. This is the default type of sort.
Click 
Click in a blank area of the document
The list is now in alphabetical order:
