Creating Bullets

ClarisWorks / AppleWorks:

• Highlight the text you want bulleted.
  
  
• Look toward the top of your screen until you see the box on the right.
  
  
• Click and hold down your mouse on this box and the formatting drop-down window will appear.
  
  
• Choose Bullet.

 

Microsoft Word:

Highlight the text you want bulleted. Go to Format - Bullets and Numbering. A window will pop up, and you can click on Bulleted, Numbered, or Outline Numbered, to select the bullet style you like (See example on the right). To create your own bullets not listed in the pre-defined choices, click on any set of bullets and then click the Customize button. The window will change. Click on Bullets and a large box of bullet choices will appear. Click on the icon you like, and click OK. Click OK.

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