I use Word 2010 and need to manage numbered lists. I find many of the control mechanisms available through Word 2010 (e.g. the dialog box to adjust list indents) to be cryptic and incomprehensible. I should add that I do know how to select a numbered list - the problem is that I need to tailor it.

With that perhaps discouraging introduction, here is what I need to be able to do:

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Adjust the quantity of white space between the terminating character of the list "number" and the text that follows it. For example, consider the following:

a. Deliverables

I need to adjust the "distance" between the "." and the "D".

I also need to ensure that all the text lines up on the left.

Thus, I do not want this:

a. Deliverables: The contractor shall provided three copies of its annual report.......

Instead, I want the "r" in "report" to line up directly under the "D" in "Deliverable"

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Adjust the distance between the first character of the list identifier and the left "margin":

Adjust this:

a. Deliverables

....to this:

a. Deliverables