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1.

Type the First Item

When you begin a bulleted list, start on a new line. Type an asterisk (*) or a hyphen () followed by a space and then type the first line of your list.

NOTE

If you type a hyphen instead of an asterisk, Writer uses a hyphenated bullet instead of a rounded bullet.

Writer will recognize that you've begun a bulleted list when you press

Enter .

2.

Continue the List

You won't have to continue typing the asterisk once Writer recognizes that you're typing a list. Writer converts your asterisk to the bullet item on the first line and puts a bullet at the start of your next line so you can continue typing. You only need to worry about your list items, and Writer takes care of the bullets and the indention.

3.

Indent the List

When you want to create a sublist of bulleted items, press

Tab after the bullet. Writer indents the item to create the indented list. Keep typing the list, and Writer keeps indenting the list, creating the sublist.

When you want to return to the original indention to continue your primary list items, press

Shift+Tab to move back to the left column.

NOTE

Typically, a sublist should have more than one item. Writer supports up to 10 levels of indented lists, but three or four levels deep is often as far as you'll need to go.

TIP

If you want to change a bulleted list back into regular text, select the list and then click the

Bullets On/Off button on the

Standard toolbar to turn off the list formatting.

4.

End the List

To end your list, after the final item press

Enter twice. The first

Enter keypress tells Writer that you don't want to indent anymore. The second

Enter keypress moves the cursor to the next line, adding a blank line between the list's final item and your next regular line of text.

5.

Change the Bullet Symbol

You don't have to settle for the default bullet symbol that Writer uses. Highlight your bulleted list if you want to change the bullet symbol used in the list.

Select

Bullets and Numbering from the

Format menu to show the

Bullets and Numbering dialog box. Click the

Bullets tab to show the

Bullets page.

TIP

If you only want to change some of a list's bulleted symbols, such as the indented sublists, select only those portions of the list before opening the

Bullets and Numbering dialog box.

6.

Select a New Bullet Symbol

Click any of the bullet formats to select a new bullet symbol. When you click

OK , Writer converts your bulleted list so that the symbol you selected appears in your document.