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# Add Lists in Spreadsheet Cells

Format a Quip spreadsheet cell as a bulleted list, a numbered list, or a checklist. You can include one list type per cell.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Quip desktop app</strong> and <strong>Quip on web</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d3913e57">Action</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d3913e60">Instructions</th>
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            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Add a bulleted list.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Spreadsheet Toolbar: From the spreadsheet toolbar, select the format menu, and then
                  choose <strong class="uicontrol">Bulleted List</strong>.</li>

                <li>@Mention: @Bulleted List</li>

                <li>Keyboard Shortcut: Command+Shift+8 (Mac), Ctrl+Shift+8 (Windows)</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Add a numbered list.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Spreadsheet Toolbar: From the spreadsheet toolbar, select the format menu, and then
                  choose <strong class="uicontrol">Numbered List</strong>.</li>

                <li>@Mention: @Numbered List</li>

                <li>Keyboard Shortcut: Command+Shift+7 (Mac), Ctrl+Shift+7 (Windows)</li>

              </ul>
            </td>



          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Add a checklist.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Spreadsheet Toolbar: From the spreadsheet toolbar, select the format menu, and then
                  choose <strong class="uicontrol">Checklist</strong></li>

                <li>@Mention: @Checklist</li>

                <li>Keyboard Shortcut: Command+Shift+9 (Mac), Ctrl+Shift+9 (Windows)</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Add a new item in a list.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">
              <p>While editing list contents in a cell, use a keyboard shortcut.</p>
              <ul>
                <li>Option+Return</li>
                <li>Alt+Enter (Windows)</li>
              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Check or uncheck a checklist item.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">
              <p>While editing a checklist in a cell, use a keyboard shortcut.</p>
              <ul>
                <li>Command+Return (Mac)</li>
                <li>Ctrl+Enter (Windows)</li>
              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Change a list type in a cell.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">Use your cursor to select a cell, and then choose a new list type from the format menu
              in the toolbar. To change the list type while editing cell contents, use the list type's
              keyboard shortcut.</td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Paste a list from a Quip document into a spreadsheet cell.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">
              <p>Copy the list from the Quip document, double-click a cell in the spreadsheet to edit
                its contents, and then use a keyboard shortcut to paste. Lists with more than one hierarchy
                level convert to a single level in the cell.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">If you don't double-click to edit a cell's
                contents, the list pastes into separate cells.</p>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e57 ">Paste a list from a spreadsheet cell into a Quip document.</td>

            <td data-label="Instructions" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3913e60 ">
              <p>Copy a single cell that contains a list, and then paste it into the Quip document.
              </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">If you copy more than one cell, the cells paste into a Quip document as an embedded
                spreadsheet.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

## Limitations for Lists in Cells

These actions aren’t supported for lists in spreadsheet cells.

- Changing horizontal text alignment in cells with lists.
- Dragging to reorder list items in a cell.
- Customizing numbering in numbered lists.
- Indenting lists in cells.