Is it possible to specify a starting number for an ordered list?

Question

I have a ordered list where I would like the initial number to be 6. I found that this was supported (now deprecated) in HTML 4.01. In this specification they say that you c

Answer 1

With CSS it is a bit tricky to cover the case that there are nested list items, thus only the first list level gets the custom numbering that does not interupt with each new ordered list. I'm using CSS combinator '>' to define the possible paths to the list items that shall get a custom numbering. See https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_combinators.asp

body {
  counter-reset: li_cnt;
}
/* discard auto generated numbers */
ol {
  list-style-type: none;
}
/* all possible paths to the list item that shall have custom numbering */
section#TheContent > ol > li:before,
body > ol > li:before {
  counter-increment: li_cnt;
  content: counter(li_cnt)'. '; /* add own numbers */
}
/* switch on default auto generated numbers for nested list items */
li > ol {
  list-style-type: decimal;
}

Ordered Lists - numbering not interupted
This example avoids for the first list level that each ordered list starts with 1:

1st list:

  
list item 1
  
list item 2
  
list item 3


2nd list:

  
item
  
item
    

      
item
      
item
      
item
    
  
  
item