

Finally, drop-down the Styles from the Ribbon again, and right-click on the style you just created.If another style is selected, like "Normal", select "Save selection as a New Quick Style." and give it a meaningful name. If it is a specific style for numbered lists (like the Office default "List Paragraph"), right-click on that style and select "Update to match selection". Click on the Styles drop-down in the Office ribbon and check which style is used.Select the numbered list you just created.Create a numbered list and apply any formatting you like.

Now follow these steps to change the default behavior of numbered lists: The basic idea behind all this is the separations of presentation (style) and content, which is widely adopted on web pages, where style (css) and content are also separated. Say you have a bullet list named "Bullet list" and you want to change the style of that bullets from filled bullets to open bullets, you just change the style, and every occurrence of that bullet list in your document is changed. This had the advantage that your document's layout is consistent and can be managed by editing the styles instead of all around your document. Save the style in the document template normal.dotm.If I understand correctly, you want to have some (list indent) settings in any new document instead of re-applying those settings every time you need them. There are hints and bits in the comments already, but I'll try to put it together.
