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Create a List

Bulleted list, Numbered list or Multilevel list

Three types of lists can be created in Word 2010

Bulleted list – a list of items that don’t need to appear in any particular order because they are peers, for example, a shopping list

Numbered list – a list where there is a reason that one item might be first or second or third, for example, a list of driving directions

Multi-level list – a list that has a major points and then minor points, for example, an outline

Create, define and remove a bulleted list

Create a bulleted list

Select the text
Go to Home tab > Paragraph group and do any of the following:

Click Bullets

To change the default bullet style or the last recently used bullet style, click the arrow next to Bullets > select other bullet styles in the Bullet Library

Define a new bullet

Go to Home tab > Paragraph group > click the arrow next to Bullets > choose Define New Bullet
In the Define New Bullet dialog box, do the following:

Under Bullet character, click on the desired bullet character button to create a new bullet style
Click OK

Remove the bullets in the bulleted list

Select the list
Go to Home tab > Paragraph group > click the Bullets

Create, define and remove a numbered list

Create a numbered list

Select the text
Go to Home tab > Paragraph group and do any of the following:

Click Numbering
To change the default numbering style or the last recently used numbering style, click the arrow next to Numbering > select other numbering styles in the Numbering Library

Define a new number list

Go to Home tab > Paragraph group > click the arrow next to Numbering > select Define New Number Format
In the Define New Number Format dialog box, do the following:

Under Number style, click on the desired number style in the drop down list
Click Font button to format the number style
Click OK button

Remove the number in the numbered list

Select the list
Go to Home tab > Paragraph group > click the Numbering list

Create, define and remove a multi-level list

Create a multi-level list

Select the text
Go to Home tab > Paragraph group > click Multilevel list
Select the desired multilevel list style from the List Library

Turn an item of the list into the sub-point

Choose the item of the list
Press TAB key

Define a multilevel list

Go to Home tab > Paragraph group > click Multilevel list > select Define New Multilevel List
In the Define new Multilevel list dialog box, do the following:

Under Click level to modify section, select the level to modify
Under Number format section, select desired new style
Click Font button to format the new style
Click OK button

Remove the numbering from a multi-level list

Select the list
Go to Home tab > Paragraph group > click Multilevel list > select None in the List Library

Quick tips

Add bullets or numbers quickly as typing the text

Do one of the following:

Type * (asterisk) to start a bulleted list or
Type 1. to start a numbered list

Press SPACEBAR or TAB key.
Type the text in the list.
Press ENTER to add the next list item

Finish the list

Do one of the following:

Press ENTER twice
Press BACKSPACE

Add the list to the prior list

When insert or delete an item in the numbered list, the list is automatically renumbered by Word

Point the cursor to the number itself (not the text)
Right-click on the number ð select Continue Numbering from the shortcut menu
The numbering style will continue into the text

Reset the list from the prior list

Point the cursor to the number itself (not the text)
Right-click on the number ð select Restart at 1 from the shortcut menu
The Word will stop one list and begin the next

Generate a multi-level list

When press TAB key on item on the list, Word will automatically generate a multi-level list because Word takes the tab mean that to go a lower level
To go back one level from the multi-level list, hold SHIFT + TAB key