Word 2010 Working with Lists

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Word 2010

Working with Lists

Introduction

Bulleted and numbered lists can be used in your documents to format, arrange and emphasize text. In this lesson, you will learn how to modify existing bullets, insert new bulleted and numbered lists, select symbols as bullets, and format multilevel lists.

Bulleted and Numbered Lists

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Watch the video to learn about creating and formatting lists in Word.

To Create a List:

Select the text that you want to format as a list.
Click the Bullets or Numbering drop-down arrow on the Home tab.
The Bullets and Numbering commands and drop-down arrows
Select the bullet or numbering style you would like to use, and it will appear in the document.
To remove numbers or bullets from a list, select the list and click the Bullets or Numbering commands.

When you're editing a list, you can press Enter to start a new line, and the new line will automatically have a bullet or number. When you've reached the end of your list, press Enter twice to return to "normal" formatting.

Bullet Options

To Use a Symbol as a Bullet:

Select an existing list.
Click the Bullets drop-down arrow.
Select Define New Bullet from the drop-down menu. The Define New Bullet dialog box appears.
The Define New Bullet dialog box
Click the Symbol button. The Symbol dialog box appears.
Click the Font drop-down box and select a font. The Wingdings and Symbol fonts are good choices as they have a large number of useful symbols.
Choosing a symbol
Select the desired symbol.
Click OK. The symbol will now appear in the Preview section of the Define New Bullet dialog box.
Preview of the new bullets
Click OK to apply the symbol to the list in the document.

You can use a picture as a bullet. Click the Picture button in the Define New Bullet dialog box, and then locate the image file on your computer.

To Change the Bullet Color:

Select an existing list.
Click the Bullets drop-down arrow.
Select Define New Bullet from the list. The Define New Bullet dialog box appears.
Click the Font button. The Font dialog box appears.
Click the Font Color drop-down box.
Choosing a bullet color
Click on the desired color to select it.
Click OK. The bullet color will now appear in the Preview section of the Define New Bullet dialog box.
Preview of the new bullet color
Click OK to apply the bullet color to the list in the document.
The finished bullets
Multilevel Lists

Multilevel lists allow you to create an outline with multiple levels. In fact, you can turn any bulleted or numbered list into a multilevel list by simply placing the insertion point at the beginning of a line and pressing the Tab key to change the level for that line. You can then use the Multilevel List command to choose the types of bullets or numbering that are used.

A multilevel list

To Create a Multilevel List:
1. Select the text that you want to format as a multilevel list.
2. Click the Multilevel List command on the Home tab.
  The Multilevel List command
3. Click the bullet or numbering style you would like to use. It will appear in the document.
4. Position your cursor at the end of a list item and press the Enter key to add an item to the list.
To remove numbers or bullets from a list, select the list and click the Bullets or Numbering commands.

To Change the Level of a Line:
1. Place the insertion point at the beginning of the line.
  Placing the insertion point at the beginning of a line
2. Press the Tab key to increase the level.
  Pressing the Tab key to increase the level of a line
3. Hold Shift and press Tab to decrease the level.