No one truly knows the origin of the phrase ‘bullet point’ but some say they came about because it was too much trouble to renumber a list once edited on a typewriter. The Alt-8 shortcut back then would have blown their minds! The symbol for a bullet list can vary from a dash to a little black heart to a tiny cross. In the day of the typewriter people would type a lowercase ‘o’ and then fill it in with ink. Some of these options include simple copy and paste, Alt codes and shortcuts. Now you have a bullet point shortcut for Word or Office on PC.īullets have been around for a while. There are several ways to get the bullet point symbol in Word. Click the press new shortcut key box and type in your shortcut.
Typical word processor software offers a wide. For example: Point 1Point 2Point 3 The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, such as circular, square, diamond or arrow. Now choose formatting from the categories list then in the commands list choose format bullet default. In typography, a bullet or bullet point,, is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. To find this choose tools/customise/keyboard (pre Word 2007) and Office/ Word options/customise. If you want to add a dark dot for bullet points you can use Alt + 7 or if you want to add a circle, you can use alt + 9. Both shortcut keys will give you different types of bullets. Hold the alt key and press 7 or 9 to insert a bullet. If you feel it will pay off you can build your own shortcut. Select the cell in which you want to add a bullet point. Ok, but what if you want an actual formatted list? On Mac you’re in luck for MS Office, for Windows you may have consistency issues going between versions.
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