Well... I just created this:

<ol style="width:100px">
  <li>Test alkj lkj sdlkfj sadlökfj lksj laösdkfj lskdjf lsdjk flasdj
flaskjd f</li>
  <li>Test2</li>
</ol>

The text wraps just as you want it. It is the standard behaviour as it
seems.
What browser do you use?

Best regards,
Martin

On 1 July 2010 16:27, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.  That is not exactly what I meant. It is more
> like this:
>
> 1.  This is the first part of item 1
>     The first word of this line is under the first word of the
> previous line
> 2.   And so on
>      And so on.
>
>
> NOT like this:
>
> 1.  Here are items
> that is completely left justified
>
>
> Does that make sense?
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 29, 9:58 pm, Brandtley McMinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey Chris,
> >
> > I think I understand what you mean. If you're looking for something that
> > looks like this:
> >
> > 1. Item name bit/
> >      1st sub item
> >      2nd sub item/
> > 2. Other item bit
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> > Thats a matter of clever nesting of your lists. So essentially your
> > markup would have:
> >
> > <ol>
> > <li>Title
> > <ul class="subitems">
> > <li>Sub item of Title</li>
> > <li>Other sub item</li>
> > </ul>
> > </li>
> > <li>Second Title</li>
> > </ol>
> >
> > Then all you would need to do from there is target the <ul> with a class
> > attribute and style the margin however you need it.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > -- Brandtley McMinn - Creative Director
> >
> > >  Gigglebox Studios XD
> > >  [email protected]
> > >  512.406.1666
> >
> > On 6/29/2010 9:32 AM, Chris wrote:
> >
> > > This is my first post to this group. Sorry if the question is lame and
> > > obvious.
> >
> > > I would like to create an ordered list where the text is not aligned
> > > under the item number but rather under the first letter of the
> > > sentence. I tried changing the margin attribute, but that didn't work.
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Chris
>
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