Xiha wrote:

 > Hello,
 > 
 > I am trying to make use of heading-like paragraph styles in order to 
 > make a document of numbered paragraphs with nested levels. Something 
 > like (view this in monospaced font if it does not show like that; 
 > however in my document I do not particularly want to use a monosopaced 
 > font):
 > 
 > 1. Here is some first text and
 >     note how the text is aligned
 >     vertically in a straight line
 >     on the left.
 >     1.1 Here is a subitem of that
 >         first item and again the
 >         text is aligned in a
 >         straight line.
 >         1.1.1 And one more level
 >               down. You get the
 >               idea.
 >         1.1.2 Et cetera et cetera
 >               et cetera.
 > 
 > The reason I want to use paragraph styles rather than a numbered list is 
 > that I want the structure to show up in the Navigator, which is very 
 > handy to get an overview with its collapsible levels, and also for a TOC.
 
You can still use numbered paragraphs, for example the paragraph styles 
Numbering1, Numbering2, etc or a copy of them. In the paragraph style choose 
the Outline and Numbering tab. For Outline level, choose Level 1, Level 2, 
Level 3 etc. This causes the paragraphs to appear like headings in the 
Navigator. For Numbering style choose Numbering 1 (for all levels), and you 
will apply the different indents in the Numbering 1 list style.

 > After much wrangling with style definitions (Indents & Spacing) and 
 > Outline Numbering, I can't quite get it the way shown above. Somehow I'm 
 > not getting the straight left alignment emphasized above. Also, ideally, 
 > I don't want to use fixed tab positions and the like: I want the first 
 > "1" of "1.1" to align (automatically?) with the left border of the text 
 > at "1.", and so on.

You do this by specifying the proper offsets in the Numbering 1 list style. 
Here is an example: 
In tab Options you specify the number of sublevels. For Level n, you have Show 
sublevels = n, so you get the numbering 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.
In tab Position: All of them Numbering alignment: Left, Followed by Tab stop
Level 1: Aligned at 0cm, Tab stop at 0.5cm, Indent at 0.5cm
Level 2: Aligned at 0.5cm, Tab stop at 1.2cm, Indent at 1.2cm
Level 3: Aligned at 1.2cm, Tab stop at 2.3cm, Indent at 2.3cm

Each level is aligned at the Tab stop of the previous level. Tab stop = Indent, 
and the difference between 'Tab stop' and 'Aligned at' should be big enough to 
accomodate the numbering.
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