This works:

6. [@6] by 2030 reduce by 50% global food waste at retail and consumer level

May be an example in the manual would make it clearer.

Vikas

On 07-Jun-2014, at 7:46 pm, Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> wrote:

> The manual says:
> "If you want a list to start with a different value (e.g., 20), start the text of the item with [@20]4. “
> 
> The following does not work for me:
> [@6]. by 2030 reduce by 50% global food waste at retail and consumer level
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> My Org-version is: Org-mode version 8.2.6 (release_8.2.6-974-g3702dc
> 
> Am I doing something wrong or have I stumbled upon a bug?
> 
> Vikas
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