Modifying a Bulleted List

When you create a new slide, you can choose the bulleted list AutoLayout to include a bulleted list placeholder. You can customize the appearance of your bulleted list in several ways. You have control over the appearance of your bullets, their size, and their color . You can change the bullets to numbers or import pictures to use as bullets. You can also adjust the distance between a bullet and its text using the PowerPoint ruler.

Add and Remove Bullets from Text

Click anywhere in the paragraph in which you want to add a bullet.

Click the Bullets button on the Formatting toolbar.

Click anywhere in the paragraph from which you want to remove the bullet.

Click the Bullets button on the Formatting toolbar.

Change the Distance Between Bullets and Text

Select the text you want to indent.

If the ruler isn't visible, click the View menu, and then click Ruler.

Drag the indent markers on the ruler.

Did You Know?

You can create numbered bullets . To change bullets to numbers, select the bulleted text, and then click the Numbering button on the Formatting toolbar.

Change the Bullet or Number Character

Select the text or text object whose bullet character you want to change.

Click the Format menu, and then click Bullets And Numbering.

Click the Bulleted or Numbered tab.

Click one of the predefined styles or do one of the following:

• Click Customize, and then click the character you want to use for your bullet character.

• Click Picture, and then click the picture you want to use for your bullet character.

To change the bullet or number's color, click the Color list arrow, and then select the color you want.

To change the bullet or number's size, enter a percentage in the Size box.

Click OK.