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Indenting can help improve the layout of a discussion, making it much easier to read. You should always indent your reply one level deeper than the person you are replying to. The best way to indent is to place a colon (:) at the beginning of a line. The more colons you use, the further indented the text will be. You type You get This is aligned all the way to the left. : This is indented slightly. :: This is indented more. This is aligned all the way to the left. This is indented slightly. This is indented more. To create a list, add an asterisk (*) at the start of each point. This goes after any colons (:) that are used. It will add a bullet point (•) to each line, like this: You type You get :* First list item :* Second list item ::* Sub-list item under second :* Third list item First list item Second list item Sub-list item under second Third list item Next >>