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Fernando MORENTE-ORIA
Fernando MORENTE-ORIA • 17 December 2024

Q: How should I create lists in my content?

A: To properly create lists, use the built-in markup tools of your editor. Don’t create fake bullets with hyphens for instance. For ease of reading, we generally:

  • Limit the text by each bullet point
  • do not capitalise the first letter of each point
  • do not use punctuation such as commas, full stops or semicolons at the end of each Point (unless it's the final bullet point).
Bad example
Bad example

Other bad examples of fake bullets identified at the moment by the Quality measures check are "-", "–" or "*":

- Example of a fake bullet 1
– Example of a fake bullet 2
* Example of a fake bullet 3

 

Good example
Good example

 

ESS-MH feature Editing wizard (2 - Content)

Bullet list screenshot

 

You may also increase / decrease the indentation to create / remove sub-points

Indentation screenshot