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Suite Smartz: Bullets and Numbering

By Peggy Duncan

In Microsoft Word, you can change the shape of your bullets, then reset back to the default.

  1. Click Format, Bullets and Numbering.
  2. Click the Bullets tab.
  3. Click the bullet shape you want, click OK.
  4. Type your bulleted text as you normally would.

Later, you may want to reset the bullet shape back to the default.

  1. Click Format, Bullets and Numbering.
  2. The current bullet shape should be selected.
  3. Click Reset, Yes to change the Gallery, OK.

Now when you click your Bullet toolbar button, the original bullet shape will appear.

Peggy Duncan is a personal productivity expert, a combination professional organizer, project manager, and computer trainer. She travels nationally teaching busy people how to work smarter, and is the author of three books: "Just Show Me Which Button to Click!," and her latest, Conquer Email Overload with "Better Habits, Etiquette, and Outlook Tips and Tricks." For more information, visit www.peggyduncan.com or call 770-907-8868.


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