Here you can click either the “Bullets” or “Numbering” buttons to apply the last bullet styles used. Next, click the “Home” tab in the Ribbon and look in the “Paragraph” group.
Then click and drag over the line items in the list in order to select the text that you want to set as a bulleted or numbered list. As with the automatic bulleting, you can press the “Enter” key on your keyboard again to finish the numbered list.Īnother common way to apply bullets or numbering is to start by typing your list, first. When you press the “Enter” key to move to the next line, the numbering will continue.
As with the bulleting, when you press the “Spacebar” key, the list will automatically be converted into a numbered list. You can also begin a numbered list as you type by typing an Arabic or Roman numeral followed by either a period, dash, or parenthesis, followed by the “Spacebar” key. To discontinue the bulleting, press “Enter” again when finished with the list. When you press the “Enter” key to move to the next line, it will continue the bulleted list. You can then type the first line of your list. When you press the “Spacebar” on your keyboard, the asterisk will turn into a bullet point. You can start a bulleted list in Word by typing an asterisk (*) at the beginning of the first item in your list, and then pressing the “Spacebar” key. One way to apply bullets or numbering to a list is to apply them as you type. You can also change the appearance of the bullets and numbers that you use. You could also simply type up your list, select it, and then apply bullets or numbering.
Word can automatically apply simple bullets and numbering to the lists in your documents as you type. For the complete Word tutorial click here.