I've read a lot of forum posts with people asking how to do this but never found a simple solution. Here's how I made it work for me.
Click the second icon Character Styles
Click the word Bullets
Right click Bullets and select Modify
Select the font Segoe UI
Change the size to 14
Click OK
You will see that style automatically applied to all existing bullets in the document
The point of doing it this way provides two solutions
Solution 1)
The end user will always get the correct bullet size. If they indent a bullet then the next level of bullet will also be that size. When defined in your templates, all the user needs to do is click the bullets button and it works.
Solution 2)
By setting the font size to 14, this provides additional spacing between the bullet points. Once again, when defined in your templates, all the user needs to do is click the bullets button and it works. This is of course relative to the font size you use for your paragraphs etc.
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If you are wondering why I chose 'Segoe UI' as the fonts for bullets, do the following
Right click a bullet and select Bullets/Numbering
Click the Options tab
Click the Character '...' button
Here you can see that this is the font being used by the bullets
Another alternative is to change the character being used by each bullet level. This seemed a bit more involved and wasn't something I was interested in getting into.
Hopefully these steps will provide help for people who don't know where to find some of the default options.
How can the answer be improved?
Press F11 to open Styles and Formatting![Word Word](/uploads/1/2/5/1/125163980/768117153.jpg)
Click the word Bullets
Right click Bullets and select Modify
Select the font Segoe UI
Change the size to 14
Click OK
You will see that style automatically applied to all existing bullets in the document
The point of doing it this way provides two solutions
Solution 1)
The end user will always get the correct bullet size. If they indent a bullet then the next level of bullet will also be that size. When defined in your templates, all the user needs to do is click the bullets button and it works.
Solution 2)
By setting the font size to 14, this provides additional spacing between the bullet points. Once again, when defined in your templates, all the user needs to do is click the bullets button and it works. This is of course relative to the font size you use for your paragraphs etc.
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If you are wondering why I chose 'Segoe UI' as the fonts for bullets, do the following
Right click a bullet and select Bullets/Numbering
Click the Options tab
Click the Character '...' button
Here you can see that this is the font being used by the bullets
Another alternative is to change the character being used by each bullet level. This seemed a bit more involved and wasn't something I was interested in getting into.
Hopefully these steps will provide help for people who don't know where to find some of the default options.
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Microsoft Word includes bullet symbols to help you align lists of words, phrases or sentences in your document. Word lets you adjust the indents and space between the bullet symbol and the text to format your document layout. For example, if a bulleted sentence runs on to a second line, decreasing the indent spacing allows more characters to fit on the first line. You can also adjust the line spacing between bullets in a bulleted list. A bulleted list with a pleasing amount of white space can help emphasize your ideas, items or tasks in your communications with your colleagues and clients.
Indents
1.
Open the Word document and click on a bullet to highlight the bullet symbols. The text to the right of the bullet symbol will not be highlighted.
2.
Right-click the highlighted bullets and click “Adjust List Indents” to open the dialog box.
3.
Click the arrows to change the values in inches in the Bullet Position box. You can also type the value in the box. To adjust the space between the bullet symbol and the text, click the arrows in the Text Indent box.
4.
Click “OK” to close the Adjust List Indents dialog box and convert the bullet spacing in your Word document.
Line Spacing
1.
Click and drag to select the bulleted list. The bullet symbols will not be highlighted.
2.
Right-click the highlighted text and select 'Paragraph” to open the Paragraph dialog box.
3.
Click the “Indents and Spacing” tab on the dialog box.
4.
Clear the “Don’t Add Space Between Paragraphs of the Same Style” check box.
5.
Click your preferred selection in the Line Spacing box, such as “Single” or “Double.”
6.
Click the “OK” button to close the Paragraph dialog box. The line spacing between the rows of bulleted text will change.
Tip
- Show the ruler above the document as your guide. Click the “View” tab on the command ribbon and select the “Ruler” check box.
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