Create a bulleted list
To create a bulleted list, do one of the following:
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Type one of the special symbols with the following space in
the first position of the line:
Symbol with the following space Bulleted list -
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Bullets button:
Word creates the bulleted list with the last used bullet symbol or with the default bullet symbol:
If you want to create a bulleted list with another symbol, click on the arrow down on the right side of the Bullets button to open the Bullet Library list. From the pre-defined Bullet Library list, choose the symbol you prefer:
Create a custom bullet
To create a custom bulleted list, follow the next steps:
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow down
on the right side of the Bullets button to open the Bullet Library list:
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In the Bullets Library list, choose Define New Bullet…:
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In the Define New Bullet dialog box, click the Symbol... button:
Here, you can also:
- Click the Picture… button to choose the picture from a file or the Internet as a bullet.
- Click the Font… button to change the color or style of the bullet symbol such as bold, italic, strikethrough, etc.
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In the Symbol dialog box, choose the symbol you prefer and click OK.
For example, the symbol Square:
Word shows the selected symbol as a bullet in the Preview zone.
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Click OK to apply a new bullet style to the list:
Change the list line spacing
The style of the paragraph sets an initial line and paragraph spacing for lists. To change line spacing between lines and bullets in a list, do the following:
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Select the list (the bullets won’t appear selected):
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the dialog box launcher
to open the Paragraph dialog box:
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In the Paragraph dialog box, on the Indents and Spacing tab, under Spacing,
clear the check from Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style:
You can also change the spacing between every single line by choosing the appropriate value from the Line spacing list and changing the value in the At text box.
Create a numbered list
To create a numbered list, do one of the following:
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Type one of the following symbols, then type point or closing parenthesis
and space (three symbols in total) in the first position of the line:
Symbols with the followed point
or closing parenthesis and spaceNumbered list 1.
or1)
- Arabic numericor
I.
orI)
- Roman numericor
i.
ori)
- Roman numericor
A.
orA)
- capital letteror
a.
ora)
- small letteror
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Numbering button:
Word creates the numbered list with the last used type of the numbering or with the digit 1 and the point by default. If you want to create another type of a numbered list, click on the arrow down on the right side of the Numbering button. From the Numbering Library list, choose the numbering type you prefer:
Change the list numbering
To change the numbering in a numbered list, do the following:
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Double-click the numbers in the list (the text won’t appear selected):
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To set numbering value, right-click on the item you want to change and choose Set Numbering Value…
in the popup menu:
Restart list numbering
To restart the numbering in a numbered list, do the following:
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Double-click the numbers in the list (the text won’t appear selected):
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To restart numbering, right-click on the item from which you want to restart the numbering and choose
Restart at 1 in the popup menu:
Continue list numbering
If you copy list lines or in some other situations, when Word loses the numbering,
to continue the list numbering right-click on the number where you need to continue numbering and
choose Continue Numbering in the popup menu:
Create a multi-level list
To create a multi-level list, do the following:
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel List button:
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From the List Library list, select the list type you prefer:
Customize the multi-level list
To create a custom multi-level list, do the following:
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel List button:
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From Multilevel List, choose Define New Multilevel List…:
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In the Define New Multilevel List dialog box:
- In the Click level to modify list, select the list level you want to change.
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In the Number format group:
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Change the text in the Enter formatting for number text box to set
the number format for the selected list level. For example, if you change
A)
format toSection A)
, each list line will include the prefix Section and the automatic line number A. - Change the number style in the Number style for this level drop-down list.
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If you need a complex numbering like
A.1
, choose the level from the Include level number from drop-down list to include the number from the parent level (or a higher level).
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Change the text in the Enter formatting for number text box to set
the number format for the selected list level. For example, if you change
When you type a text in the list, Word automatically creates a next list level after pressing Enter. If you want to increase or decrease the current list level, do one of the following:
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Use the following shortcuts:
- Press Tab to indent the level in the list
- Press Shift + Tab to unindent the level in the list.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click
the Increase Indent or Decrease Indent buttons: