MICROSOFT WORD

CREATING A LIST IN YOUR TEXT

CREATING A LIST USING BULLETS AND NUMBERS

You can create lists in your text document that are either bulleted or numbered. To create a bulleted or numbered list, use the list buttons provided by Word.

On the formatting toolbar click on either the

Bulleted List button

or click on the Numbered List button

 

Type the first entry of your list and press the Enter key on your keyboard. This will create a new bullet or number on the next line. If you want to start a new line without adding another bullet or number, hold down the Shift key while pressing Enter.

Continue to type entries and press the Enter keytwice when you are finished typing to end the list.

Use the Increase Indent and Decrease Indent buttons on the formatting toolbar to create lists of multiple levels.

NOTE: You can also type the text first, highlight the section, and press the Bulleted List or Numbered List buttons to add the bullets or numbers.

 

FORMATTING LISTS

The bullet image and numbering format can be changed using the Bullets and Numbering box.

Highlight the entire list to change all the bullets or numbers, or
place the cursor on one line within the list to change a single bullet.

Open the box by clicking on Format on the menu bar, then clicking on Bullets and Numbering, or by right-clicking within the list and selecting Bullets and Numbering from the shortcut menu.

Select the list style from one of the choices given, or click the Picture button to choose a different icon.

Click the Numbered tab to choose a numbered list style.

Click OK when you have finished.

 

NESTED LISTS

A nested lists is a list inside another list. For example you may want to include a numbered list inside a bulleted list. To creates this type of nested list follow these steps:

  1. Type the list and increase the indentation of the items that will make up the nested list by clicking the Increase Indent button for each item.

    2. [Nested list example]

  2. Highlight the items and click the Numbered List button on the formatting toolbar.

 

Exercises

1) Open a new document and, by using the numbers icon on the formatting toolbar, create the numbered list shown below:

  1. Monday
  2. Tuesday
  3. Wednesday
  4. Thursday
  5. Friday
  6. Saturday
  7. Sunday

2) Save the document as 'Week days' in your folder and close the file.