Basic Working Procedures > Text Formatting and Styles > Numbered and Bulleted Lists

By default Help & Manual outputs numbered and bulleted lists as tables in HTML-based output formats (HTML Help, Webhelp, eBooks, Visual Studio Help). This is necessary to obtain accurate formatting because the rendering of lists varies very considerably from one browser to another.

Even HTML Help, which uses Internet Explorer for HTML rendering, will frequently produce unsatisfactory list formatting if you do not use tables. This applies particularly to more complex lists and the indents used in lists.

How to choose the HTML list output format

If you want you can configure your project to output lists as standard HTML <OL> and <UL> tags with <LI> list elements. This will produce less attractive formatting and layout in many cases and the appearance will vary greatly from browser to browser. However, it may be necessary for some applications.

•	Go to Configuration > Publishing Options > Webhelp > HTML Export Options and deselect the option Export lists as tables.

Note that the HTML Export Options settings are available in several different sections in Configuration > Publishing Options. These are shared settings used by all HTML-based output formats and it doesn't matter where you access them.