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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Trouble with ordered list start number
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:29:10 -0400
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To: William Beard <wcbeard10@gmail.com>
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William Beard <wcbeard10@gmail.com> writes:

> I see in the manual
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html
> that with ordered lists, you can for example start one with the number
> 20 by starting the "text of the item with [@20]"
> I assume this means I can just have a newline that looks like this
>
> [@20] some text for this item
>
> and hit M-Return after typing the text for the item, and have a `21. '
> appear below it. But when I do, it gives me the top header (`*')
> instead.
> What am I doing wrong?

It needs to be a list.

  1. [@20] some text for this item

then M-RET turns it into this

  20. [@20] some text for this item
  21. <point here>

-- 
Bernt