Start numbered lists at one Usability Guideline

Description

When items are numbered, start the numbering sequence at one rather than zero. One or more ordered lists on this page do not start at one, or is not sequential.

Help

Do not start numbering from zero. When counting, people start with one, not zero.

Applicable standards

• Usability.gov 12:7

Note: The guidelines.usability.gov website has been down since July 2020, although www.usability.gov is still operating and the PDF version of the guidelines is still available.

Change history

• 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: UseGov12.7