Basic Working Procedures > Text Formatting and Styles > Numbered and Bulleted Lists

To create simple bulleted lists you basically just need to select the tool in the Write tab and start typing – or just select the paragraphs you want to turn into a list and then select the tool.

To change the text and paragraph formatting of the list contents you need to apply a style or format the paragraph and text manually. See Formatting lists for details.

Making a new list:

1.	Click in the paragraph where you want to start the list.

2.	Select the Bullets tool in the Write tab. Clicking on the left of the tool will apply the default bullet style. Clicking on the arrow on the right of the tool displays a quick gallery of available bullet styles:

3.	Select a style to use and start typing. Alternatively you can also select Bullets and Numbering to display the full Bullets and Numbering dialog.

4.	Select the Bullets tool again to turn the list off. Pressing Enter twice in a list without typing any text also turns the list off.

Turning existing paragraphs into a list:

1.	Select the paragraphs you want to turn into a bulleted list.

2.	Select the Bullets tool in the Write tab. Clicking on the left of the tool will apply the default bullet style. Clicking on the arrow on the right of the tool displays a quick gallery of available bullet styles:

3.	Select the style you want to apply. Alternatively you can also select Bullets and Numbering to display the full Bullets and Numbering dialog.

If you are adding a bullet to a single paragraph select the entire paragraph or place the cursor to the left of the very first character of the paragraph before applying the bullet. Otherwise paragraph formatting may not work properly (particularly indents).

1.	Click in the list entry (for a single entry) or select the entire list.

2.	Display the quick gallery by clicking on the arrow next to the Bullets tool:

3.	Select a different style from the options in the gallery.

In bulleted lists you can only change the bullet character with the list definition. All other formatting is handled by the style of the paragraph used for the list. See Formatting lists for details.

1.	Click in the list entry (for a single entry) or select the entire list.

2.	Display the quick gallery by clicking on the arrow next to the Bullets tool:

3.	Select Bullets and Numbering below the gallery to display the Bullets and Numbering formatting dialog:

4.	Select the bullet style you want to change, then click on Customize to edit it:

5.	Select one of the bullets displayed or click on Select Bullet to select a different bullet character.

See Formatting lists for information on changing the list indent.