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What are Bullets ?

What are Numbered Bullets ?

Adding and removing bullets

highlight the text and press the bullet button

numbered bullets command

PowerPoint lets you create bullets that are based on any font and can even use bitmap pictures rather than simple dots and arrows.

To add bullets to a paragraph you do not have to highlight the whole paragraph. Just put the cursor anywhere in the paragraph and select the bullet button on the Formatting toolbar.

Using the Master Slide

The size of the bullets and text is adjusted automatically to correspond to your slide master

If you want to change the distance between bullets and text for the entire presentation, make the changes on the ruler in the Slide Master.

Changing the Bullet Style

Select the text and select (Format > Bullets and Numbering)

click Character button

click the down arrow key on the Bullets From box to select the font

some of the best bullets can be found in Wingdings and Zapf Dingbats

select the bullet and press OK

Changing the distance between text and bullet

place the cursor in the text to display the ruler.

if the ruler is not displayed select (View > Ruler)

Drag the top half of the lower indent marker of the ruler to a new position.

at the bulleted paragraphs in the text object change to the new position.

Ruler settings for an object

If you select an object, the ruler becomes a slide ruler with a zero point in the middle.

It displays measurements for the entire slide.

It is possible to animate your bullets so they appear one at a time.

For more details please refer to the Animation section.

A good font for bullets is Times New Roman 14/18

Bullet Points – Square bullets (Dark Blue 50% of text)

Descent fonts: Frutiger 55 Roman (16pt)

Things to Remember

PowerPoint permits a bulleted slide to have up to 5 levels. Although not recommended

Try and avoid using too many indentation levels on the same slide. This will make your slides more confusing.