Keeping Bullets and Numbers in Outlined Text

When you convert text to outlines, automatic formatting like bullets and numbers is lost.

A list before converting text to outlines:



And after converting to outlines (notice the numbers are gone):



But you can preserve bullets and numbers if you take action before you create outlines. Select the text or the frame and choose Type > Bulleted & Numbered Lists > Converting Numbering to Text.



Now you can convert the text to outlines and the list numbers will be preserved.