Key Information

If you activate standard UL/OL lists for HTML output list bullet definitions are ignored. When standard lists are enabled only the default browser bullets are used.

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.

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.

Sometimes you want to insert a paragraph without a bullet within a bulleted list and have the list continue normally after the paragraph.

1.Create all the text entries of the list with bullets, including the paragraph you want to be un-bulleted.

2.Click in the paragraph you want to be un-bulleted and select List Tool in the Toolbar. This will turn off the bullet for that paragraph. You can also do this for multiple paragraphs.