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<h1>OL - Ordered List</h1>
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<th>Syntax</th>
<td><strong class=required><OL></strong>...<strong class=required></OL></strong></td>
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<th>Attribute Specifications</th>
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<li class=transitional>TYPE=[ 1 | a | A | i | I] (numbering style)</li>
<li class=transitional>START=<var><a href="../values.html#number">Number</a></var> (starting number)</li>
<li class=transitional>COMPACT (compact display)</li>
<li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
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<th>Contents</th>
<td>One or more <a href="li.html">LI</a> elements</td>
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<th>Contained in</th>
<td><span class=transitional><a href="../special/applet.html">APPLET</a>, </span><a href="../block/blockquote.html">BLOCKQUOTE</a>, <a href="../html/body.html">BODY</a>, <a href="../forms/button.html">BUTTON</a>, <span class=transitional><a href="../block/center.html">CENTER</a>, </span><a href="dd.html">DD</a>, <a href="../phrase/del.html">DEL</a>, <a href="../block/div.html">DIV</a>, <a href="../forms/fieldset.html">FIELDSET</a>, <a href="../forms/form.html">FORM</a>, <span class=transitional><a href="../special/iframe.html">IFRAME</a>, </span><a href="../phrase/ins.html">INS</a>, <a href="li.html">LI</a>, <a href="../special/map.html">MAP</a>, <span class=transitional><a href="../frames/noframes.html">NOFRAMES</a>, </span><a href="../block/noscript.html">NOSCRIPT</a>, <a href="../special/object.html">OBJECT</a>, <a href="../tables/td.html">TD</a>, <a href="../tables/th.html">TH</a></td>
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<p>The <strong class=html>OL</strong> element defines an <em>ordered list</em>. The element contains one or more <strong class=html><a href="li.html">LI</a></strong> elements that define the actual items of the list.</p>
<p>Unlike with an unordered list (<strong class=html><a href="ul.html">UL</a></strong>), the items of an ordered list have a <em>definite sequence</em>. Items in an ordered list are numbered by the browser.</p>
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<p>The <a href="../deprecated.html">deprecated</a> <strong class=html>TYPE</strong> attribute of <strong class=html>OL</strong> suggests the numbering style on visual browsers. The case-sensitive values are as follows:</p>
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<li><strong class=html>1</strong> (decimal numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...)</li>
<li><strong class=html>a</strong> (lowercase alphabetic: a, b, c, d, e, ...)</li>
<li><strong class=html>A</strong> (uppercase alphabetic: A, B, C, D, E, ...)</li>
<li><strong class=html>i</strong> (lowercase Roman numerals: i, ii, iii, iv, v, ...)</li>
<li><strong class=html>I</strong> (uppercase Roman numerals: I, II, III, IV, V, ...)</li>
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<p>The numbering style on an individual list item can be suggested using the <strong class=html>TYPE</strong> attribute of <strong class=html><a href="li.html">LI</a></strong>. The <a href="../../css/classification/list-style-type.html">list-style-type</a> property of <abbr class=initialism title="Cascading Style Sheets"><a href="../../css/index.html">CSS</a></abbr> provides greater flexibility in suggesting numbering styles.</p>
<p>The <a href="../deprecated.html">deprecated</a> <strong class=html>START</strong> attribute suggests the starting number for the list and defaults to <strong class=html>1</strong>. The value of <strong class=html>START</strong> must be an integer, but the number may be presented in a different form (for example, as a Roman numeral). While this attribute is deprecated, there is currently no substitute for it in <a href="../../css/index.html">Cascading Style Sheets</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="../deprecated.html">deprecated</a> <strong class=html>COMPACT</strong> attribute suggests that visual browsers render the list compactly, perhaps with reduced spacing between items. This attribute is not well supported among browsers.</p>
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<h2>More Information</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/lists.html#edef-OL">OL in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTML4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#ol">OL in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTML3.2 Recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_5.html#SEC5.6.2">OL in HTML2.0 Standard</a></li>
<li><a href="../../wilbur/list/ol.html">OL in <abbr class=initialism title="Web Design Group">WDG</abbr> HTML3.2 Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.malibutelecom.com/yucca/HTML3.2/5.40.html">OL in <cite>Learning HTML3.2 by Examples</cite></a></li>
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