- Word 2010 includes handy shortcuts to adding bullets and numbered lists in documents:
• Type a hyphen ("-") and press the spacebar: Word automatically creates an unordered list using a hyphen as bullet symbol for the rest of the list.
• Type an asterisk ("*") and press the spacebar to use the standard round bullets.
• Type a number followed by a separator like a hyphen, period, or closed parenthesis and press the spacebar, and Word automatically starts a numbering list using your number as starting point (you don't have to start your list at "1", in other words).
- Hit Enter and the next list item is inserted, using the same "bullet" type!
Tip: hit Enter twice to end the bullet / number list and return to paragraph mode.
- To change bullet type, click inside the list, select the "Home" tab and click the dropdown of either the "Bullets" or "Numbering" button to pick another bullet / numbering scheme.
- If Microsoft Word starts a list by accident or where you didn't want one, simply press Ctrl+Z to Undo right after it converted your symbol or number into a bullet.
- To prevent Word from automatically converting some characters to list items, click on the lightning icon when it does, and choose "Control AutoFormat Options": uncheck "Automatic bulleted lists" and/or "Automatic numbered lists" and click "OK" to apply.
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