Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
I'm creating a checklist for an upcoming road trip, and right now it looks a little boring,
so I'd like to format it so it has a bullet in front of each item.
Adding bullets in Google Docs is easy. All you have to do is select some text… and
then click the button on the toolbar that says Bulleted List. You should now see some
bullets on the left side of the text.
For more options, open the Format menu… then mouse-over List Styles. And there are
several different bullet types that you can choose from.
If you decide you don't want bullets, click the button on the toolbar again, and they'll
disappear. I think I'll create a numbered list instead, using the Numbered List button.
This looks a lot more like a to-do list now. But now I'm noticing something else that I'd
like to change. At #4, there's an item for "Last minute shopping." I'd actually like
to include the items on my shopping list, while still keeping them grouped under "Last
minute shopping." We can do this with a multilevel list.
Place the insertion point at the end of one of the lines in the list… and press Enter
to start a new line. Then, press the Tab key… and it will move this line to the right. Then
type a few lines of text.
Now, all of these items are organized under "Last minute shopping."
The last thing I'd like to show you is how to restart the numbering in your list; for
example, if you decide to break it up, and create two or more separate lists.
See how the second list still starts with #6? Right-click the first item in the list
you want to fix… then choose Restart Numbering.
We want the list to restart at 1, so we're going to click OK.
There, that looks better. Now we have a nice, organized to-do list for our road trip.