Changing bulleted lists

You can change the appearance of bulleted lists. This includes the padding, type, size, color, text indent, and margins of the list.

To change the bullets used in your bulleted list:

1. Select the text block or select the individual line or lines within the text block.

2. Either click List Properties on the Home ribbon or from the floating text-attributes toolbar:

   List Padding	Specify the space in pixels around the items in the list. If you select a part of a list by highlighting a list item or items or if you have your cursor on one of the list items and then apply a list padding value, the entire list is updated.
   Type	Select the type of bullets. Select from Circle, Square, and Disc.
   Size	Select the size of the bullets. Select from 8 to 72 pixels.
   Color	Select the color of the bullets. Select a predefined color, specify a custom color, or select an existing color. To select a predefined color, click one of the color samples displayed. To specify a custom color, select Custom and use the controls in the Color window to configure a custom color. The custom color you select is saved to the Recent Colors list. To select an existing color, use the eyedropper to select an existing color on the current page in project.
   Text Indent	Specify the space in pixels at the start of the lines of text. If you select a part of a list by highlighting a list item or items or if you have your cursor on one of the list items and then apply a text indent value, only the selected lines are updated.
   Margins	Specify the margin space for the top, bottom, left, and right areas of the list.

3. Click OK.

See also: Accessing the floating text-attributes toolbar

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