InDesign: How to Create Numbers in Circles Within a List (Video Tutorial)

In this Three Minutes Max video, Mike Rankin demos an easy way to put numbers in circles-even inside a numbered list! He uses a carefully crafted paragraph rule and builds that rule into a paragraph style to automate the process.
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[@ZoranImsiragic]

Paragraph rules are so useful. In a day's before paragraph shading, I used it for making inverted titles.

[@CreativePro]

Very cool! I like to make rounded "banners" behind headlines/titles using them. -EG

[@marmeecruz6191]

Easy and clever!

[@bigjolly1000]

That's brilliant, but what about two or more digits? Will the circle increase in size?

[@1totercs]

Good question

[@flytetime7637]

The circle size is based on the weight of the point size so it won’t increase for double digits. If you know you need double digits you should set the size for that initially.

[@bigjolly1000]

Thanks 😊

[@AllesKiten]

Fantastic!

[@duncanjackson1985]

Brilliant! Just tried this, but have an issue - I have more than one line of text, so, because it's a paragraph rule, it sends the circle down to the second line. Any ideas?

[@k.toffellampe869]

Perfection.

[@bitterev]

Worked! But I have an issue, circles look pixelated when I save my file. If anyone has some ideas, please share 🐒

[@HowieD1975]

I would love to be able to create some kind of style in InDesign where I have my inches on the top and mm on the bottom... kind of like a fraction like display

[@CreativePro]

You could use GREP to style the numbers before and after the fraction divider line. -EG

[@HowieD1975]

@@CreativePro I would love to know how to set it up... I know nothing about GREP... wouldn't even know where to start

[@CreativePro]

We have some videos on our channel (and I have some on my personal channel, as well [Erica Gamet]). CreativePro also has articles (free), and a book and a course (paid). It's basically looking for patterns of text and then styling that text. You might pose your question to the FB group "Treasures of GREP." They are a super helpful bunch! Good luck! -EG

[@HowieD1975]

@@CreativePro where can I go to ask this question how to make this type of fraction style... is it in Facebook?

[@8Meco]

Esperto! Quem não tem cão caça com furão…😀😉

[@CreativePro]

I've never heard that saying and I don't know if it's a good thing! 😂 -EG

[@alfredog.g.7281]

👌

[@MduKhml]

"One dot to rule them all"

[@anouaraadoud58]

👊