Thanks for the reply. I have submitted a request to Adobe, asking to allow user defined list order to menus–that one specifically. I'd like to know who thought that order of items–not alphabetical–was user friendly. I usually select my font style/size and color together at the onset–yet character color is way down on the list.

It's just annoying from a user quality point of view. It looks like it's been employed as menus were in Quark–another annoying and less than user friendly application. Also, placing the “summary” of a paragraph style in a long paragraph format is as nutty as well. Lists are always easier to read; something I can scan easily–not have to read in a default order and as I would in a book. There's felxibility everywhere in Adobe's applications except in this instance. Thanks again for your response.