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Posted By admin On 11.04.20This page should answer any of the questions you may have about creating different bulleted and numbered lists in Microsoft Word including any advanced lists. This document applies to Microsoft Word 2000, however, other versions of Microsoft Word should have similar steps.
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Above is an illustration of the numbering and bullets button on the formatting toolbar, often located on the top left of the screen.
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How to create a bullet list in Microsoft Word
To create a bulleted list in Microsoft Word, follow the steps below.
TipThe Microsoft Word keyboard shortcut key to create a bullet is Ctrl+Shift+L.
- Position the cursor where you want to insert the bullet list.
- On the Home tab in the Ribbon, click the bullet list button, as shown at the top of the page.
- If successful, a bullet should appear. Type any text and press Enter to start the next bullet. To end the bullet list, press Enter twice.
Below is an example of a bullet list.
- One bullet
- Two bullet
How to create a numbered list in Microsoft Word
To create a numbered list in Microsoft Word, follow the steps below.
- Position the cursor where you want to insert the number list.
- On the Home tab in the Ribbon, click the number list button, as shown at the top of the page.
- If successful, a number one should appear. Type any text and press Enter to start the next number in the numbered list. To end the numbered list, press Enter twice.
Above is an example of a numbered list.
How to create a numbered list with letters
To create a numbered list that also contains a letter list in Microsoft Word, follow the steps below.
- Position the cursor where you want to insert the number list.
- On the Home tab in the Ribbon, click the down arrow next to the number list button.
- In drop-down window that appears, select one of the numbered list options with letters.
- Type the text for the first lettered bullet item.
- Press the Enter key to add additional lettered bullet items.
Below is an example of a numbered list using letters instead of numbers.
A. First bullet using letter
B. Second bullet using letter
C. Third bullet using letter
To create a numbered list that also contains a letter list in Microsoft Word, follow the steps below.
- Position the cursor where you want to add a bulleted item using a letter.
- Press the Enter key, then press the Tab key.
- Press Enter again to add additional lettered bullet items.
Below is an example of a numbered list with letters in it.
- One numbered
- Two numbered
a. Two numbered again
b. Two numbered again - Final numbered
How to create multiple paragraphs without creating a new bullet or number
In some situations, you may need to have multiple paragraphs in a numbered or bulleted list. To do this, follow the steps below.
- Position the cursor where you want to insert the number list.
- Either click the number button or bullet button (as shown at the beginning of the document) or click Format and then Bullets and Numbering.
- When you're ready to insert a new line without creating a new bullet or number, press Shift+Enter.
Below is an example.
- One numbered.
- Two numbered.
More text without a number. - Final numbered.
How to create a bullet list with a numbered list
To create a numbered list that also contains a letter list in Microsoft Word, follow the steps below.
- Position the cursor where you want to insert the number list.
- Either click the bullets button (as shown at the beginning of the document) or click Format and then 'Bullets and Numbering..'
- When ready to insert a numbered list in the bullets, press the bullets button or click Format and then 'Bullets and Numbering..'
- When you need to switch back to bullets, click the numbering button again or click Format and then 'Bullets and Numbering..'
How to create a numbered list with a bulleted list
To create a numbered list that also contains a letter list in Microsoft Word, follow the steps below.
- Position the cursor where you want to insert the number list.
- Either click the number button (as shown at the beginning of the document) or click Format and then 'Bullets and Numbering..'
- When ready to insert a bullet list in the numbered list, press the numbering button or click Format and then 'Bullets and Numbering..'
- When you need to switch back to the numbered list, click the bullets button again or click Format and then 'Bullets and Numbering..'
How to change the bullets used or change the appearance of the numbers
After creating the numbering list or the bullets list, if you need to change the appearance, click Format and then the 'Bullets and Numbering..' option. You can adjust the format through the new Bullets and Numbering window. Below, is an example of what this window may look like in Microsoft Word.
Additional information
- See the bullet, numbering, and list definitions for further information and related links.
There may be times when you want to insert a bullet in the middle of a sentence or a line of text. For example, you might want to put bullets between parts of an address, as pictured below.
Microsoft Word Columns Text Box
The bullets above were inserted by holding down the Alt key and typing 0183. You can also insert bullets, or other symbols graphically. You can also insert larger bullets, if desired, as pictured below.
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Insert Bullet Symbol in Word
To insert a bullet graphically in Word, put the insertion point where you want to insert the bullet and click the Insert tab on the ribbon.
Click the Symbol button in the Symbols group. A palette of various symbols displays. If the bullet you want to insert displays in the palette, click the bullet character to insert it. If the bullet symbol you want to insert is not available on the palette, click More Symbols.
Microsoft Word Columns Formatting
NOTE: If you are using Word 2003, select Symbol from the Insert menu to access the Symbols palette.
The Symbol dialog box displays. Locate the bullet character you want to insert. You can use the Subset drop-down list to display specific types of symbols.
We found a bullet we wanted to use in the General Punctuation Subset. Click the bullet character in the grid of symbols on the Symbol dialog box. Click the Insert button to insert the character. DO NOT close the Symbol dialog box yet.
There are two types of dialog boxes, modal and non-modal. A modal dialog box is one that requires you to interact with it and close it before you can interact with the main parent program again. The Symbol dialog box is a non-modal dialog box, and therefore, you can interact with your Word document while the dialog box is still open and then click on the Symbol dialog box to go back to it. This is handy if you want to insert several symbols within one block of text.
Once you type some more text and want to insert another bullet, click on the Symbol dialog box to give it focus and click the Insert button again. The bullet is still selected in the grid of symbols on the dialog box.
Once you are finished inserting all the bullets, or other characters, you want to insert, click the Close button to close the Symbol dialog box.
Microsoft Word Columns In Header
The Shortcut key for the selected bullet is listed at the bottom of the Symbol dialog box (Alt + 0149 for the bullet we selected). You can use that shortcut key to insert the bullet in the line of text, as we mentioned at the beginning of this post. Enjoy!