| You may find that you wish to organize | | | | continue typing items, or press enter or |
| information in a document; creating bulleted lists | | | | backspace to end the list. |
| are perfect for doing exactly this. When you | | | | You may also convert existing paragraphs into |
| want to list items of information, but the order is | | | | bulleted lists. To do so, highlight the paragraphs |
| not important, a bulleted list is your best option. A | | | | you wish to convert into a list. Now click the |
| bullet is a small graphic, such as a dot, it | | | | bullets button within the formatting toolbar. Word |
| introduces each item in a list. Using lists, you can | | | | will then apply the default bulleted list format to |
| create a list of events, names, numbers or | | | | this selection. If you find you wish to return a |
| procedures. | | | | bulleted list to plain text, simply select the list and |
| To type a new bulleted list, make sure the | | | | click the bullets button within the formatting |
| insertion point is at the beginning of a blank | | | | toolbar, and it will turn it off. |
| paragraph, and type an asterisk (*). After you | | | | It is also possible to customise your list. To do so, |
| have done this, press the space or tab and type | | | | you need to select the paragraphs you wish to |
| the first item in the list. Press enter after doing | | | | customise, click bullets and numbering within the |
| this and Word will change the formatting to a list. | | | | format menu. Afterwards, click the style of your |
| Bullet points will be inserted at the beginning of the | | | | choice. You can refine the style by clicking on the |
| next paragraph. After, you can type the next | | | | customise button, making any changes that you |
| bulleted item and press enter again, you can | | | | wish to make and clicking ok. |