Create bulleted or numbered lists

You can easily create a formatted list with bullets, letters, or numbers.

Examples of bulleted, ordered, and ordered with hierarchy lists.

Create a list

  1. Click Text in the toolbar, then click a list style text box, or drag it to the sheet.

  2. Type the first item in your list, then press Return.

    Numbers automatically adds a bullet or numbers the subsequent items in the list.

  3. To change the indent level (hierarchy) of an item in the list, do either of the following:

    • To move the item to the right, press Tab.

    • To move the item to the left, press Shift-Tab.

  4. When you’re finished, press Return twice to end the list.

You can also select text that you want to format as a list, then choose an option from the Bullets & Lists pop-up menu. If you can’t see the Bullets & Lists pop-up menu, open the Text pane of the Format inspector, then click the Style button.

Drag an item in a list hierarchy

You can drag items in a list to a different level in the hierarchy or to a different indentation level.

  1. Select the item you want to move by clicking its bullet, number, or letter, then drag it up or down until a blue triangle appears near it.

  2. Drag the item up or down in the list, or drag it to the left or right to change its indentation level.

    Item being dragged to a new indentation level.

Change the bullet style

  1. Select the lines with the bullet you want to change.

  2. In the Text pane of the Format inspector, click the Style button.

  3. Click the Bullets & Lists disclosure triangle, then choose a bullet style from the pop-up menu.

    Image Bullets pop-up menu.

  4. Do either of the following:

    • For Text Bullets: Click the Bullet pop-up menu, then choose a bullet style (scroll to see all of them).

    • For Image Bullets: Click the Current Image button, then choose an image bullet.

      To use your own image, click Custom Image, then choose the image file on your computer.

You can use other options in the Bullets & Lists section to change the size of the bullets and adjust the amount of space between text and bullets.

Change the number style and spacing of an ordered list

You can use numbers, letters, Roman numerals, or a combination to designate levels of hierarchy in an ordered list.

  1. Select the lines with the numbering you want to change.

  2. In the Text pane of the Format inspector, click the Style button.

  3. Click the disclosure triangle next to Bullets & Lists, then choose from the options.

    Controls for changing number style and spacing of list

To start numbering from a different point, select “Start from” and enter a number or letter.

See also
Format Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text