Lesson xiv: Lists
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Introduction
To create constructive PowerPoint presentations, it's important to make your slides easy for the audience to read. One of the nigh common ways of doing this is to format the text as a bulleted or numbered list. Past default, when yous type text into a placeholder, a bullet is placed at the get-go of each paragraph—automatically creating a bulleted list. If yous want, you lot tin modify a list by choosing a different bullet style or by switching to a numbered listing.
Optional: Download our practice presentation.
To modify the bullet style:
- Select an existing listing you want to format.
- On the Home tab, click the Bullets drop-down arrow.
Clicking the Bullets driblet-downward pointer
- Select the desired bullet style from the menu that appears.
Selecting a bullet fashion
- The bullet way will appear in the list.
To modify a numbered list:
- Select an existing list y'all want to format.
- On the Dwelling house tab, click the Numbering drop-downwards pointer.
Clicking the Numbering drop-down arrow
- Select the desired numbering option from the menu that appears.
Selecting a numbering choice
- The numbering option will appear in the list.
To modify the starting number:
Past default, numbered lists count from the number one. Nevertheless, sometimes y'all may want to start counting from a unlike number, like if the list is a continuation from a previous slide.
- Select an existing numbered listing.
- On the Home tab, click the Numbering drop-downwardly pointer.
- Select Bullets and Numbering from the bill of fare that appears.
Selecting Bullets and Numbering
- A dialog box volition appear. In the Start At field, enter the desired starting number.
Entering a new starting number
- The list numbering will alter.
The updated listing
Modifying the list's appearance
Whether you lot're using a bulleted or numbered list, you may want to change its advent by adjusting the size and color of the bullets or numbers. This can make your list stand out and lucifer the appearance of your presentation.
To modify the size and color:
- Select an existing bulleted listing.
- On the Home tab, click the Bullets drop-down arrow.
Clicking the Bullets drop-downwards arrow
- Select Bullets and Numbering from the menu that appears.
Selecting Bullets and Numbering
- A dialog box volition appear. In the Size field, set the bullet size.
Changing the bullet size
- Click the Colour drop-downward box and select a colour.
Changing the bullet color
- Click OK. The list will update to evidence the new bullet size and color.
The updated bullets
Customizing bullets
Customizing the wait of the bullets in your list can help you emphasize certain listing items or personalize the blueprint of your list. A common way to customize bullets is to use symbols.
To use a symbol as a bullet:
- Select an existing bulleted list.
- On the Home tab, click the Bullets drop-downwards pointer.
Clicking the Bullets drop-down arrow
- Select Bullets and Numbering from the menu that appears.
Selecting Bullets and Numbering
- A dialog box will appear. On the Bulleted tab, click Customize.
Clicking Customize
- The Symbol dialog box will appear.
- Click the Font drop-down box and select a font. The Wingdings and Symbol fonts are good choices because they accept a lot of useful symbols.
- Select the desired symbol.
Selecting a symbol
- Click OK. The symbol will now appear as the selected bullet choice in the Bullets and Numbering dialog box.
Applying the symbol
- Click OK once more to apply the symbol to the listing in the document.
The updated bullets
To change the distance betwixt the bullets and the text, you can move the First Line Indent marker on the ruler. For more information, visit our Indents and Line Spacing lesson.
Changing the position of the bullets
Challenge!
- Open an existing PowerPoint presentation. If you want, yous tin utilise our practice presentation.
- Change a bulleted list to a numbered list. If yous're using the example, use the list on slide 4.
- Change the color of the numbered list.
- Change another list to a unlike bullet way. If you're using the example, change the bullets on slide 3 to a different style.
- Change the bullet color.
- Change the bullets of a list to a symbol. If you're using the instance, change the bullets on slide ii to a symbol.
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