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Single Level Bullets

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

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

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

 Bullets - Applies the default bullet format to the selected paragraphs.

Once a bullet format has been applied to a paragraph pressing Enter will continue the bullet format on to the next line.

Built-in Bullet Formats

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

Changing the Format

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

The Bulleted tab deals with single level bullets.

When you want to make changes to your bullet points you do not need to highlight the whole paragraph.

Bullet points by default are paragraph specific for you only need to put the cursor inside the relevant paragraph.

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

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

 Bullets - Applies the default bullet format to the selected paragraphs.

What is my Current Default ?

There is no way of checking what bullet format is your current 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.

Removing Single Level Bullets

The quickest way to remove any single level bullets is to press the Bullets button on the Formatting toolbar. This button is a toggle.

An alternative if the cursor is at the start of the paragraph is to press the Backspace key twice.

An alternative if the cursor is at the end of the paragraph is to press the Enter key twice.