You tin can customize the advent of a list by defining your own numbered, bulleted, and multilevel lists. Once you customize them, you can save those settings as a style and use it again and again.
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Define a new bullet format
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Define a new number format
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Define a new multilevel list
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Define a new list style
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Turn off automatic numbering for lists
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Related data
Ascertain a new bullet
Do any of the following:
Change the bullet to a symbol
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Select the text or bulleted list you desire to change.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the pointer adjacent to Bulleted List
, and so click Define New Bullet.
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Click Symbol and then click the symbol you want to utilise.
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Click OK.
Change a bullet to a picture show
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Select the text or bulleted list you want to change.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph grouping, click the pointer next to Bulleted List
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Click Flick and and then browse for your picture from a file or Bing Epitome Search.
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Click Insert.
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Review what the picture bullets will await similar and click OK to add it or alter the picture past repeating steps 3-v.
Change the bullet font
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Select the text or bulleted list you want to change.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph grouping, click the arrow next to Bulleted Listing
, and then click Define New Bullet.
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Click Font and and then change the font properties to be used for the bullet. You can cull settings on the Font tab or Avant-garde tab:
Tab | Description |
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Font tab | Change the bullet font, style, size, color, underline fashion, underline colour, and effects. |
Advanced tab | Change the bullet font character spacing and OpenType features. |
Alter the bullet alignment
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Select the text or bulleted list yous want to change.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow next to Bulleted Listing
, and so click Define New Bullet.
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Under alignment, choose Left, Centered, or Right.
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Click OK.
Ascertain a new number format
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Select the text or numbered list you want to change.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow side by side to Numbered Listing
, and and so click Define New Number Format.
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To change the mode, click the down arrow adjacent to Number style and choose numbers, letters, or another chronological format.
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To change the font size, mode, and color, click Font and choose a setting on the Font tab or Advanced tab:.
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Font tab
Change the bullet font, style, size, color, underline fashion, underline color, and effects.
Advanced tab
Change the bullet font grapheme spacing and OpenType features.
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To append the numbering with a dash, parentheses, or another value, enter it in the Number format field.
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To alter the number alignment, choose Left, Centered, or Right nether Alignment.
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Click OK.
Define a new multilevel listing
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Select the text or numbered list you want to change.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow next to Multilevel List
, and then click Define New Multilevel List.
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Aggrandize the Multilevel list dialog box by clicking More in the lower left corner.
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Choose the listing level to alter by selecting it in the list. one is selected by default.
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Choose where you would like to employ your changes by clicking Whole list, This signal forward, or Current paragraph.
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To employ an existing style in Word for each level in the list, choose a style under Link level to style.
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Cull the number to show in the gallery. Level 1 is shown by default.
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Give the multilevel list a name in the ListNum field listing name. This name will announced wherever you see the Listnum field.
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To append the numbered list with a dash, parentheses, or some other value, enter it in the Number format field.
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To change the font size, style, and color, click Font and choose a setting on the Font tab or Advanced tab:.
Tab
Description
Font tab
Change the bullet font, style, size, colour, underline style, underline color, and effects.
Avant-garde tab
Change the bullet font character spacing and OpenType features.
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To change the manner, click the down pointer next to Number style and choose numbers, letters, or another chronological format. Specify a level number to include this from.
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Choose the number to outset the list at. The default value is one. To restart numbering after a specific level, select the Restart List After cheque box and choose a level in the listing.
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Select Legal Style Numbering to enforce a legal style on the multilevel listing.
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To change the number alignment, cull Left, Centered, or Right under Alignment
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Specify a value for where to beginning the alignment and a value for the text indent.
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To apply these values to the entire list, cull Set for All Levels.
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Enter a value for what should follow each number, Tab character, Space, or Nothing. Check Add tab stop at and enter a value.
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Click OK.
Define a new listing way
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Select the text or numbered list you want to alter.
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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph grouping, click the arrow adjacent to Multilevel Listing
, and so click Define New List Mode.
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Specify a name for your new list style.
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Choose the number to start the list at. The default value is 1.
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Choose a level in the list to utilize your formatting.
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Specify the font confront, size, and colour for the list style.
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Change the downwards arrow to change the style of the numbered list or bulleted list.
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Choose a symbol for the listing.
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Cull an paradigm for the list.
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Choose to motion the indent to the left or the correct.
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Cull to utilise these changes to Only in this document or New documents based on this template.
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To change more formatting settings, click Format and cull Font, Numbering, Text effects, and so forth.
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Click OK.
Turn off automatic numbering for lists
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Employ one of the following methods, every bit appropriate for the version of Word yous're using:
Word 2016, Word 2013, or Word 2010
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Select File, and then from the left pane, select Options.
Give-and-take 2007
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Click the Microsoft Office button, then select Word Options.
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In the Word Options dialog, in the left pane, select Proofing.
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In the correct pane, under AutoCorrect options, select AutoCorrect Options.
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Select the AutoFormat As You lot Type tab.
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Nether Apply every bit you blazon, clear the Automated numbered lists bank check box, and so select OK.