Hi, I want to use subitems without entries in the first level (only the number should be incremented). \unprotect \def\newdolistitem % reduced \dolistitem {\increment\noflistelements \setbox8\hbox {\doitemattributes\currentitemlevel\c!style\c!color{\listitem}}% \checkforrepeatedlistitem \ignorespaces} \def\noitem{\doadvanceitem\newdolistitem} \protect \starttext \startitemize[n,repeat] \noitem \startitemize[a] \item Item 1.a. \item Item 1.b. \stopitemize \noitem \startitemize[a] \item Item 2.a. \item Item 2.b. \stopitemize \stopitemize \stoptext Wolfgang