# 'prepend enclosing list marker' \<- what is this?

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**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/prepend-enclosing-list-marker-what-is-this/72229 "2022-08-07T20:16:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/prepend-enclosing-list-marker-what-is-this/72229/1 "2022-08-07T20:16:15Z")

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Hi, when I make a list on a ‘rtf’ document (within DT) I see this option called ‘prepend enclosing list marker’ (image below). I play with it and I can’t figure out what this option is for.

Prepend means: ‘add to the beginning of something else’, so I am guessing that this option adds “the enclosing list marker”(?) to the beginning of… what? And what is an “enclosing list marker”?

Thank you in advance for your insights

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**Author:** ![chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chrillek/32/29340_2.png) [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/prepend-enclosing-list-marker-what-is-this/72229/2 "2022-08-07T20:24:46Z")

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Did you try it out?

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**Author:** ![nueva.vaca](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/nueva.vaca/32/25955_2.png) [@nueva.vaca](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/nueva.vaca)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/prepend-enclosing-list-marker-what-is-this/72229/3 "2022-08-09T07:43:57Z")

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yah… and I haven’t figured out what it is yet

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/prepend-enclosing-list-marker-what-is-this/72229/4 "2022-08-09T15:45:16Z")

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From my understanding it works like this…  
If you have a list marker of A, B, C, … the sublists should also receive that marker preceding their own marker, e.g.,…

```auto
A. Fruits
   A. 1. Banana
   A. 2. Orange
   A. 3. Kiwi
B. Vegetables
   B. 1. Carrot
   B. 2. Celery

```

However, I think it may be broken in the text engine as it doesn’t work in TextEdit either.

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**Author:** ![nueva.vaca](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/nueva.vaca/32/25955_2.png) [@nueva.vaca](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/nueva.vaca)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/prepend-enclosing-list-marker-what-is-this/72229/5 "2022-08-11T07:02:04Z")

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Thank you! Your answer settles it

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