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inserting bullets in word

April 21, 2021 by mechanicaleng blog Leave a Comment

Bullet, which may still be unfamiliar to some of you right? Using Bullets in Word to highlight content. You can use a symbol, an icon or use other colors, or you can even use the images in this function, to make the text stand out.
For the text, if you want to create a highlight in a certain paragraph, for the text to be aesthetically pleasing, but still easy to convey knowledge to the readers, then we will have to use the Bullets function in Word.
Let’s see how to do it.

Post contents

  • I. inserting bullets in word.
  • II. Customize functionality in Bullet.
    • 1.  Bullet Symbol option.
    • 2. Change bullet size and color
    • 3. Remove bullets in word
  • III. Customize the margins for the Bullets in word.
    • 1. The left margin increases by 1 distance.
    • 2 Reduce the left margin by 1 distance
    • CONCLUSION

I. inserting bullets in word.

1: Select the content to adjust.
inserting bullets in word 1
2: At Home, drag the cursor to Paragraph, click the drop-down arrow next to the Bullets command, at this point a list of Bullet styles will appear.

inserting bullets in word 2
3: Choose a Bullets style. A draft of that Bullet style will appear in the text when you move the cursor to it.
inserting bullets in word 3
And this is how the result is displayed.
inserting bullets in word 4
Note: When you press Enter to add in a new content below, a new bullet will automatically be added at the beginning of the line.
If you don’t want it to happen, press Enter twice to remove the bullet.

II. Customize functionality in Bullet.

1.  Bullet Symbol option.

1: Select the list you want to format.
2: On tab Home, click the arrow next to the command Bullets and select Define New Bullet.
bullet symbol option in word 1
3: The Define new Bullet dialog box appears, choose Symbol
bullet symbol option in word 2
4: Select the Font corresponding to different symbol, below is the icon table. Choose an icon you want and click OK twice.
bullet symbol option in word 3
The new icon has appeared in the text, and since the next time it has also appeared in the Bullet library.
bullet symbol option in word 4

2. Change bullet size and color

1: Select the list you want to format.
2: Go to tab Home, click the arrow next to the Bullets command. Select the Define New Bullet feature.
3: The Define New Bullet dialog box appears, choose Font.
Change bullet size and color 1
4: Select the Font, size, color. Then click OK twice.
Change bullet size and color 2

3. Remove bullets in word

To remove bulleted Bullet symbols from the list, do the following:
Select list, go to tab Home and click the command Bullets.
Remove a bullet

III. Customize the margins for the Bullets in word.

1. The left margin increases by 1 distance.

To increase the left margin by a distance, place the cursor at the top of the list, then press the Tab or click the Increase Indent icon as shown below.
Customize the margins for the Bullet 1

2 Reduce the left margin by 1 distance

To reduce the left margin by a distance, place the cursor at the top of the list then press Shift + Tab to decrease the margin to the left, or just click the Decrease Indent button.
Customize the margins for the Bullet 2
Or you can also use the ruler to align. By dragging the indent on the ruler, you can customize the list’s indent and the space between the text and the Bullet.
Customize the margins for the Bullet 3

CONCLUSION

So in this article, I have detailed instructions for you how to use Bullet in Word. This feature is made for better presentation and better experiences in working with Word. Hopefully this basic knowledge can be useful for your work.
Don’t forget to visit this blog every day to learn new interesting things. Wish you success!

-hhchi

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