Troubleshoot bulleted and numbered lists

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

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The number's font is determined by the formatting of the paragraph marker at the end of the line.

  • To change a number's font, select the paragraph marker Paragraph marker, and then make the formatting changes.

If you don't see the paragraph marker, click Special Characters on the View menu.

ShowI can't change the list indents.

  1. Select the entire list.
  2. On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering, and then click the Bullets or Numbering tab.
  3. In the Indent list by box, enter the amount of indentation you want.
  4. Click OK.

ShowMy bullets or numbers are the wrong shape, color, or size.

Do any of the following:

ShowChange the look of bullets

  1. Select the entire list.
  2. On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering, and then click the Bullets tab.
  3. Click Character.
  4. Click the character you want, and then click OK.

    If you don't see one you want, select a different font from the Font list, and then click a character.

ShowChange the look of numbers

  1. Select the entire list.
  2. On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering, and then click the Numbering tab.
  3. Click the arrow to the right of the Format box, and then click a format.
  4. In the Separator box, click a separator.
  5. In the Start at box, enter the number you want to begin the list.
  6. Click OK.

ShowChange the color of a number or a bullet

  1. If you cannot see the paragraph marker at the end of each line in the list, on the View menu, click Special Characters.
  2. Select the paragraph marker Paragraph marker at the end of the line for which you want to change the bullet or number.
  3. On the Format menu, click Font.
  4. Under General, click the arrow next to Color.
  5. Click the color you want.

    To see more choices, click More Colors, and then click the color you want.

  6. Click OK.

ShowChange list indents

  1. Select the list.
  2. On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering, and then click the Bullets or Numbering tab.
  3. In the Indent list by box, enter the amount of indentation you want.
  4. Click OK.
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