# Numbers are not displayed correctly
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 14, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285 "2016-07-14T09:26:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@ChristinePractiTest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChristinePractiTest)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/1 "2016-07-14T09:26:51Z")
Hi,
Please note that when I write ‘2’ and other numbers in a topic it is displayed as ‘1’ and I can’t change it.
Please check and fix.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/2 "2016-07-14T10:26:23Z")
You’re making an ordered list, which in markdown means typing
```plaintext
1.item
2. item
56. item
1. item
```
Which comes out as
1. item
2. item
3. item
4. item
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### Author:  [@ChristinePractiTest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChristinePractiTest)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/3 "2016-07-14T10:40:57Z")
Thanks, but it barely helps me.
Why Can’t I write just numbers without creating lists?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/4 "2016-07-14T10:42:34Z")
Not following, what exactly are you trying to post, can you post, can you paste it in?
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### Author:  [@ChristinePractiTest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChristinePractiTest)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/5 "2016-07-14T10:44:39Z")
Hi Sam,
Sure
"1. The first question to ask yourself is if you want to work with one PractiTest project or with multiple PractiTest projects.
If you have a limited number of people and everyone is working on the same projects, you may want to work in 1 or a limited number of projects.
If you have separate teams working on separate assignments, with defined integration points, you may want to have each team and product family working in their separate PractiTest projects.
**The second question is how to organize your data.** - HERE I wanted to put number ‘2’
Sometimes you may want to organize your data based on products, other times releases, and at times based on other criteria like whether a test is a regression or a sanity test, etc. See the additional information [here](https://www.practitest.com/help/methodology-tips/organize-information-based-releases-milestones/)"
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/6 "2016-07-14T10:46:35Z")
Can you try this tutorial? It is quite excellent.
> **[Markdown Tutorial - Introduction](https://commonmark.org/help/tutorial/)**
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/7 "2016-07-14T10:48:50Z")
`2\.` suppresses the automatic list
2. Finally, a two!
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### Author:  [@ChristinePractiTest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChristinePractiTest)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/8 "2016-07-14T10:59:46Z")
Thanks all for your answers!
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbers-are-not-displayed-correctly/47285/9 "2016-07-15T10:30:58Z")