Indenting in numbered list has gone haywire

First, Word jargon. You are dealing with a "multilevel" list. This is different from a "numbered list."

Second, version 2512 introduced some problems with multilevel lists and paragraph separators. Do you have a machine running version 2511 with the problem?

Resources:

• How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Ribbon Versions of Word by Shauna Kelly
• Automatic Numbering in Word - my 5-page pdf
• Number Alignment by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP

This is a user-to-user support forum.

Microsoft is not hearing about your problems from what you post here. You are discussing a problem with your fellow users here. We can give good advice about how to work with Word as it is and give suggestions for making it work properly.

Designers and their supervisors do see feedback. (You will almost certainly not get a direct response to that feedback but they do see it.)

Here is more about that:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/giving-feedback-on-microsoft-word-or-other/8df81a9b-84aa-46ef-bf88-24fb7fec96ba

I suggest using the public feedback portal so other users can see your feedback, comment and vote. If you want, you can post the URL of your feedback with your question here to lead others with the same problem to your feedback. Be the “squeaky wheel” that gets fixed!