You can indicate the start of a list as follows:
● Bulleted list Type * (an asterisk) at the beginning of a paragraph, and then press
the Spacebar or the Tab key before entering the list item text. Or click the Bullets
button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab.
● Numbered list Type 1. (the number 1 followed by a period) at the beginning of a
paragraph, and then press the Spacebar or the Tab key before entering the list item
text. Or click the Numbering button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab.
When you start a list in this fashion, Word automatically formats it as a bulleted or num-
bered list. When you press Enter to start a new item, Word continues the formatting to the
new paragraph. Typing items and pressing Enter adds subsequent bulleted or numbered
items. To end the list, press Enter twice; or click the Bullets arrow or Numbering arrow in
the Paragraph group on the Home tab, and then in the library, click None.
Tip If you want to start a paragraph with an asterisk or number but don’t want to format the
paragraph as a bulleted or numbered list, click the AutoCorrect Options button that appears
after Word changes the formatting, and then in the list, click the appropriate Undo option.
You can also click the Undo button on the Quick Access Toolbar.
If you want to create a list that has multiple levels, you start off by creating the list in the
usual way. Then when you want the next paragraph to be a level lower (indented more),
you press the Tab key after pressing Enter and before you type the text of the item. If you
want the next paragraph to be a level higher (indented less), you press Shift+Tab after
pressing Enter. In the case of a bulleted list, Word changes the bullet character for each
item level. In the case of a numbered list, Word changes the type of numbering used,
based on a predefined numbering scheme.
Tip To create a multilevel numbered list with a scheme that is different from the default, you
can click the Multilevel List button in the Paragraph group of the Home tab and then select a
scheme from the List gallery. You can also define your own scheme.
If you type a set of paragraphs containing a series of items and then decide you want
to turn the set into a list, you can select the paragraphs and then click the Bullets or
Numbering button.
After you create a list, you can modify, format, and customize the list as follows:
● You can move items around in a list, insert new items, or delete unwanted items.
If the list is numbered, Word automatically updates the numbers.
● You can sort items in a bulleted list into ascending or descending order by clicking
the Sort button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab.
● For a bulleted list, you can change the bullet symbol by clicking the Bullets arrow in
the Paragraph group and making a selection from the Bullets gallery. You can also
define a custom bullet (even a picture bullet) by clicking Define New Bullet.Creating and Modifying Lists 131