Middle
Learning Microsoft Word 2007 School
Computer
Exercise 28 p.152-157
Skills Covered------------------------------>
Bulleted Lists Sort
Numbered Lists
Vocabulary_________________________________________________
Bullet: a dot or symbol that marks an important line of information or designates
items in a list.
Sort: to organize items into a specified order.
Notes_____________________________________________________
I. Bulleted Lists
a. Use bullets to mark items in a list when the order does not matter.
b. To apply the default bullet formatting, click the Bullets button in the
Paragraph group on the Home tab of the Ribbon or on the Mini
toolbar.
c. The default bullet symbol is a simple black dot, indented .25” from
the left margin. The symbol is followed by a .5” left tab, and the text
on subsequent lines is indented to .5”.
d. You can select a different bullet from the Bullet Library.
e. You can create customized bullet by changing the font and/or
paragraph formatting of the bullet, or by selecting a different bullet
symbol.
f. You can also select a picture to use as a bullet.
g. Once you customize a bullet, or select a different bullet, that bullet
becomes the default until you select a different one.
h. The bullet library automatically updates to display the bullets you
have used recently.
i. Word automatically carries bullet formatting forward to new
paragraphs in a list.
j. To end a bulleted list, press Enter twice.
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Learning Microsoft Word 2007 School
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II. Numbered Lists
a. Use numbers to mark items in a list when the order matters, such as
for directions or how to steps.
b. Word automatically renumbers a list when you add or delete items.
c. To apply the default number formatting, click the numbering button
in the Paragraph group on the Home tab of the Ribbon.
d. The default numbering style is an Arabic numeral followed by a
period.
e. You can customize the number by applying formatting, or by
selecting a different numbering style from the Numbering Library.
f. Word automatically carries numbering forward to new paragraphs in
a list.
g. To end a numbered list, press Enter twice.
h. You can restart numbering in the middle of a list.
III. Sorting
a. Word can automatically sort items into alphabetical, numerical, or
chronological order.
b. A sort can be ascending (A to Z or 0-9) or descending (Z to A or 9-0)
c. The default sort order is alphabetical ascending.
d. To sort selected paragraphs, click the Sort button in the Paragraph
group on the Home Tab of the Ribbon, and then select options in the
Sort Text dialog box.
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