Using bulleted and numbered lists
When you want to organize lists in Word, you can format them as either bulleted or numbered lists.
How To create a list:
- Select the text you want to format as a list.
- Click the Bullets or Numbering drop-down arrow on the Home tab.
- Select the bullet or numbering style you want to use, and it will appear in the document.
- To remove numbers or bullets from a list, select the list, then click the Bullets or Numbering commands.
When you're editing a list, you can press Enter to start a new line, and the new line will automatically have a bullet or number. When you've reached the end of your list, press Enter twice to return to normal formatting.
Bullet options
How To use a symbol as a bullet:
- Select an existing list.
- Click the Bullets drop-down arrow.
- Select Define New Bullet from the drop-down menu. The Define New Bullet dialog box appears.
- Click the Symbol button. The Symbol dialog box appears.
- Click the Font drop-down box, and select a font. The Wingdings and Symbol fonts are good choices because they have a large number of useful symbols.
- Select the desired symbol.
- Click OK. The symbol will now appear in the Preview section of the Define New Bullet dialog box.
- Click OK to apply the symbol to the list in the document.
You can use a picture as a bullet. Click the Picture button in the Define New Bullet dialog box, then locate the image file on your computer.
How To change the bullet color:
- Select an existing list.
- Click the Bullets drop-down arrow.
- Select Define New Bullet from the list. The Define New Bullet dialog box appears.
- Click the Font button. The Font dialog box appears.
- Click the Font Color drop-down box.
- Click the desired color to select it.
- Click OK. The bullet color will now appear in the Preview section of the Define New Bullet dialog box.
- Click OK to apply the bullet color to the list in the document.
Multilevel lists
Multilevel lists allow you to create an outline with multiple levels.
How To create a multilevel list:
- Select the text you want to format as a multilevel list.
- Click the Multilevel List command on the Home tab.
- Click the bullet or numbering style you want to use. It will appear in the document.
- Position your cursor at the end of a list item, then press the Enter key to add an item to the list.
To remove numbers or bullets from a list, select the list, then click the Bullets or Numbering commands.
How To change the level of a line:
- Place the insertion point at the beginning of the line.
- Press the Tab key to increase the level.
- Hold Shift and press Tab to decrease the level.
Challenge!
- Open an existing Word document. If you want, you can use this example.
- Format some text as a bulleted or numbered list. If you're using the example, use the list of New Clients on page 2.
- Insert a new numbered list into the document.
- Modify the color of a bullet.
- Use the Tab key to change the levels of some of the lines.
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