Modifying a bulleted paragraph

When you insert bullets into a document they are given a default font size, color, alignment and "margins". However, all these can be changed.

Go into the "Bullets and Numbering" dialog by selecting the Bullets and Numbering option from the Format menu.

If you want to use a bullet style that is different from those displayed in the Bullet Style group box, click on the Change Symbol button. The "Character Map" dialog is displayed. Click on the required symbol and then on Select. Note that you can choose a different font style for the symbol in the Font box. Click on Close and the symbol will replace the previously selected standard bullet (you can recover this later on by going through the same process).

In the Bullet Color group box choose a color for the bullet.

In the Font Size box use the arrows to increase or decrease the font size for the bullets.

Set the total gap between the margin and the text in the Distance from indent to text box according to the following:

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The bullet symbol itself can lie anywhere between the margin and a position that is an offset from the text and governed by the Distance from bullet to text box. Within this area, use the Alignment box to choose whether to have the bullet aligned to the left, right or center.

See also:

Removing bullets