Joomla: restart list item numbering

I'm Trying to create a 3 column ordered l开发者_如何学运维ist in Joomla. I've tried these methods for continuing the numbering:

<ol style="counter-reset: item 11;">

to start the numbering from 11 for column two. And also this:

<ol start="11">

But neither of these work. Are there any restrictions on this in Joomla?

Thanks!

You could probably split a single list into columns by styling the list with a fixed height, then styling your list items so that they're positioned where you want. You could assign each list item in a given column a class, then give the columns a margin-left.

Alternatively you could absolutely position your list items.

Both solutions are pretty dirty, but I think they would work.

Is this something you'll need other users to be able to do for themselves in Joomla?