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Bullet Points

bullet points
follow the same pattern bulleted list

‘Bullets’ button ‘Numbering’ button

Let’s Learn

Bullet points show items in a list, making the text more tidy and easier to read.
One rule you must stick to is to follow the same pattern when you have a list with bullets.
Let’s say you are organising a party for a friend. You have prepared a list of things to do. Here
are three ways of presenting your text with bullets.

• Bake a cake.
• Buy a present. • bake a cake • Bake a cake

• Invite friends. • buy a present • Buy a present
• invite friends • Invite friends

1 2 3
The bullets start with The bullets start with The bullets start with
uppercase letters. They lowercase letters. uppercase letters.
finish with full stops. There are no full stops. There are no full stops.

Let’s Practise

Creating a bulleted list.

1
Open a new blank document in Microsoft Word.

2 In the ‘Paragraph’ menu of the ‘Home’ tab, click

on the down arrow of the ‘Bullets’ button.

3 From the menu of available choices,

select the ‘dot’ bullet.

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