How to display indent level numerically

[bobdrad]

I want to create something like a numbered list, but where the item number reflects the indent level. This is to represent a multi-branching hierarchy of questions. Example:

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1 Why am you confused?
  Because I am a newbie
  2 Why are you a newbie?
    Because I don't write a lot of documents and have never had to do this before
     3 Why don't you write a lot of documents?
        Because that's not my main job function
       4 Why is that not your main job function?
          Because I find it mind-numbing and I have pursued a career where I mostly do other things
          5 Why do you find it mind-numbing?
             Because it's not analytical enough for me
          5 Why have you pursued a career where you mostly do other things?
             Because I find writing mind-numbing
     3 Why have you not had to do this before?
        Because this is never come up
        4 Why has this never come up?
           Because I mostly write simple documents
           5 Why do you mostly write simple documents?
              Because I want to get it over with as quickly as possible

I want the lines auto-numbered based on indentation level. Is there an easy way to do this in Openoffice?

(extra points if you can guess from this example what company I work for)

Thanks,
Bob

[RoryOF]

Also asked at https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question ... merically/

[bobdrad]

Thanks. Yes, I covered both bases just in case. Do you have an answer?

[RoryOF]

We like to note other postings of a query to prevent duplication of effort. I never use numbered indentation so have no answer - mark me as confused (and loving it!)

[Zizi64]

You can use the Outline Numbering function - if you not needed it for other purpose.

See the TAB positions of the user defined main paragraph style named "MyIndentLevels".
The child paragraph styles of the main style named MIL1 ... MIL10 will inherit the TABstop values of the parent.

There is not applied real numbering properties to the levels of the Outline Numbering function.
The MIL1 ... MIL10 are associated to the Outline Numbering levels, and the "before" characters are set as constant numbers.

See my sample document:

MyIndentLevels.odt

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