diff --git a/src/components/forms/custom-form-builder.tsx b/src/components/forms/custom-form-builder.tsx
index b135bb9..053efbc 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/custom-form-builder.tsx
+++ b/src/components/forms/custom-form-builder.tsx
@@ -520,6 +520,65 @@ export function CustomFormBuilder() {
 
     const LIST_INDENT = 24; // px per nesting level
 
+    const toRoman = (num: number) => {
+      const map: Array<[number, string]> = [
+        [1000, "M"],
+        [900, "CM"],
+        [500, "D"],
+        [400, "CD"],
+        [100, "C"],
+        [90, "XC"],
+        [50, "L"],
+        [40, "XL"],
+        [10, "X"],
+        [9, "IX"],
+        [5, "V"],
+        [4, "IV"],
+        [1, "I"],
+      ];
+      let out = "";
+      let n = Math.max(1, Math.floor(num));
+      for (const [value, glyph] of map) {
+        while (n >= value) {
+          out += glyph;
+          n -= value;
+        }
+      }
+      return out;
+    };
+
+    const formatOrderedMarker = (index: number, listEl: HTMLElement) => {
+      const explicitType = (listEl.getAttribute("type") || "").toLowerCase();
+      const styleType = (listEl.style.listStyleType || "").toLowerCase();
+      const kind = explicitType || styleType;
+      if (kind === "a" || kind === "lower-alpha") return `${String.fromCharCode(96 + Math.max(1, index))}.`;
+      if (kind === "A" || kind === "upper-alpha") return `${String.fromCharCode(64 + Math.max(1, index))}.`;
+      if (kind === "i" || kind === "lower-roman") return `${toRoman(index).toLowerCase()}.`;
+      if (kind === "I" || kind === "upper-roman") return `${toRoman(index)}.`;
+      return `${index}.`;
+    };
+
+    const extractLeadingManualMarker = (runs: InlineRun[]) => {
+      const preview = runs.map((r) => r.text).join("").slice(0, 32);
+      const match = preview.match(/^\s*((?:\d+|[A-Za-z]+|[ivxlcdmIVXLCDM]+)[.)])\s+/);
+      if (!match) return { marker: null as string | null, runs };
+      let remaining = match[0].length;
+      const trimmed: InlineRun[] = [];
+      for (const run of runs) {
+        if (remaining <= 0) {
+          trimmed.push(run);
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (run.text.length <= remaining) {
+          remaining -= run.text.length;
+          continue;
+        }
+        trimmed.push({ ...run, text: run.text.slice(remaining) });
+        remaining = 0;
+      }
+      return { marker: match[1], runs: mergeRuns(trimmed) };
+    };
+
     const pushListItems = (
       listEl: HTMLElement,
       ordered: boolean,
@@ -528,26 +587,26 @@ export function CustomFormBuilder() {
       const items = Array.from(listEl.children).filter(
         (c) => (c as HTMLElement).tagName.toLowerCase() === "li",
       ) as HTMLElement[];
-      let n = 1;
+      const startAttr = parseInt(listEl.getAttribute("start") || "1", 10);
+      let n = Number.isFinite(startAttr) && startAttr > 0 ? startAttr : 1;
       for (const li of items) {
-        // Collect inline runs from this li, excluding nested lists.
         const inlineNodes = Array.from(li.childNodes).filter((c) => {
           if (c.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) return true;
           const t = (c as HTMLElement).tagName.toLowerCase();
           return t !== "ol" && t !== "ul";
         });
         const runs: InlineRun[] = [];
-        inlineNodes.forEach((n) => runs.push(...collectRuns(n)));
+        inlineNodes.forEach((node) => runs.push(...collectRuns(node)));
         const merged = mergeRuns(runs);
+        const manual = ordered ? extractLeadingManualMarker(merged) : { marker: null as string | null, runs: merged };
         out.push({
           kind: "text",
-          runs: merged,
+          runs: manual.runs,
           align: "left",
           indent: depth * LIST_INDENT,
-          marker: ordered ? `${n}.` : "•",
+          marker: ordered ? manual.marker ?? formatOrderedMarker(n, listEl) : "•",
         });
         n += 1;
-        // Recurse into any nested lists.
         Array.from(li.children).forEach((child) => {
           const tag = (child as HTMLElement).tagName.toLowerCase();
           if (tag === "ol") pushListItems(child as HTMLElement, true, depth + 1);
@@ -801,21 +860,28 @@ export function CustomFormBuilder() {
       }
       const indentPx = seg.indent || 0;
       const indentPt = indentPx * 0.75; // px → pt
-      const segMaxW = maxW - indentPt;
-      const startX = margin + indentPt;
-      const runsForLayout: InlineRun[] = seg.marker
-        ? [{ text: `${seg.marker}  ` }, ...seg.runs]
-        : seg.runs;
-      const visualLines = runsToLines(runsForLayout);
+      const markerGapPt = seg.marker ? Math.max(14, doc.getTextWidth(seg.marker) + 8) : 0;
+      const markerX = margin + indentPt;
+      const textX = markerX + markerGapPt;
+      const segMaxW = Math.max(1, maxW - indentPt - markerGapPt);
+      const visualLines = runsToLines(seg.runs);
       if (visualLines.length === 0 || (visualLines.length === 1 && visualLines[0].length === 0)) {
         y += lineH;
       } else {
+        if (seg.marker) {
+          if (y > pageH - margin) {
+            doc.addPage();
+            y = margin;
+          }
+          doc.setFont(pdfFont, "normal");
+          doc.text(seg.marker, markerX, y);
+        }
         for (const lineRuns of visualLines) {
           if (lineRuns.length === 0) {
             y += lineH;
             continue;
           }
-          y = drawRunsLine(lineRuns, startX, y, segMaxW, seg.align);
+          y = drawRunsLine(lineRuns, textX, y, segMaxW, seg.align);
         }
       }
       y += seg.caption ? 2 : 4;
@@ -958,7 +1024,7 @@ export function CustomFormBuilder() {
         new DocxParagraph({
           alignment: align,
           spacing: docxLineSpacing,
-          indent: indentTwips ? { left: indentTwips, hanging: seg.marker ? 360 : undefined } : seg.marker ? { left: 360, hanging: 360 } : undefined,
+          indent: seg.marker ? { left: indentTwips + 360, hanging: 360 } : indentTwips ? { left: indentTwips } : undefined,
           children: runsWithMarker,
         }),
       );
diff --git a/src/styles.css b/src/styles.css
index 9da6131..7d6fc8d 100644
--- a/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/styles.css
@@ -144,8 +144,42 @@
   h1, h2, h3, h4 { font-family: var(--font-serif); letter-spacing: -0.01em; }
 }
 
-/* Custom form editor: table + caption styling */
+/* Custom form editor: table + list + caption styling */
 .ProseMirror table { border-collapse: collapse; margin: 8px 0; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; }
 .ProseMirror th, .ProseMirror td { border: 1px solid #999; padding: 6px 8px; vertical-align: top; min-width: 40px; }
 .ProseMirror th { background: #f3f4f6; font-weight: 600; text-align: left; }
 .ProseMirror .selectedCell { background: rgba(59,130,246,0.15); }
+.ProseMirror ul,
+.ProseMirror ol {
+  margin: 0.5rem 0;
+  list-style-position: outside;
+}
+.ProseMirror ul {
+  list-style-type: disc !important;
+  padding-inline-start: 1.5rem;
+}
+.ProseMirror ul ul {
+  list-style-type: circle !important;
+}
+.ProseMirror ul ul ul {
+  list-style-type: square !important;
+}
+.ProseMirror ol {
+  list-style-type: decimal !important;
+  padding-inline-start: 1.75rem;
+}
+.ProseMirror ol ol {
+  list-style-type: lower-alpha !important;
+}
+.ProseMirror ol ol ol {
+  list-style-type: lower-roman !important;
+}
+.ProseMirror li {
+  display: list-item;
+}
+.ProseMirror li > p {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+.ProseMirror li::marker {
+  color: var(--color-foreground);
+}