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Single Level Numbered Bullets

The quickest way to add and remove numbered bullet points from your paragraphs is to use the Numbering button on the Formatting toolbar.

Place the insertion point in the paragraph you want to add numbered bullets to and press the Numbering button.

This button will apply the default numbered bullet format that you last used.

 Numbering - Applies the default numbering format to the selected paragraphs.

Once a numbered bullet format has been applied to a paragraph pressing Enter will continue the numbered bullet format.

The next consecutive number will automatically be used for the next bullet.

Built-in Numbered Bullet Formats

There are seven built-in bullet numbered formats that you can use.

Whatever bullet or numbering format you used last, this becomes the default format.

So the next time you use one of these buttons the last used bulleted list or numbered list format will be applied.

Changing the Format

You can easily change the format of a bulleted or numbered list by selecting (Format > Bullets and Numbering).

Any changes made to the bullet points will affect the whole paragraph so there is no need to select the whole paragraph.

The Numbered tab deals with single level numbered bullets.

Whatever numbered bullet format you used last, this becomes the default format.

So the next time you use the Numbering button whatever bullet format you used last will be applied.

 Numbering - Applies the default numbering format to the selected paragraphs.

What is my Current Default ?

There is no way of checking what bullet format is your default without using the Bullets button to find out.

Displaying the (Format > Bullets and Numbering) dialog box will not display your current default format.

This dialog box always displays the formatting that corresponds to the currently selected paragraph.

If the current selection does not have a bullet format applied to it then "None" is selected when this dialog box is displayed.

Understanding Indents and Tabs

Bullet points use three important markers to determine where the bullet and the text will appear.

 First Line Indent - This is the distance from the left margin to the bullet and indicates if there is any indentation. All the built-in bullet formats are indented by 0.63cm.

 Left tab - This is the distance from the left margin to the first line of text.

 Hanging Indent - This is the distance from the left margin to the second and subsequent lines of text.

Things to Remember

If you move any of the paragraphs or cut and paste the numbers are automatically re-ordered consecutively.

If you want to move selected text from a numbered list you need to include the paragraph mark as well