As you create more and more PowerPoint presentations, you're probably going to find yourself using
a lot of bulleted and numbered lists.
Lists are a great way to present information to
your audience
because they break up the information into manageable pieces.
We're going to talk about the different ways that
you can customize your bullets or numbers
to give a distinctive look to your lists.
The first thing you should do is select the list,
and on the Home tab,
you'll find the Bullets drop-down arrow, which lets you select a different style.
And if you prefer to use a numbered list, you can
click the Numbering drop-down arrow.
Now let's say we're using a numbered list,
and maybe this list is actually a continuation from the previous slide.
Instead of counting up from one, we might want it
to start with, say, five.
First, go to the Numbering drop-down arrow, and
then click Bullets and Numbering.
This is where you'll go whenever you need to
customize your bullets or numbers.
Where it says "Start At", you can just change that
to a different number,
and it will now count up from the new number.
For this list, I do want to use bullets, but none
of these choices really match the presentation.
Luckily, there are many more bullets we can choose
from.
Go down to Bullets and Numbering.
Here, you can either choose a Picture to be your
bullet,
or you can click on Customize to choose a Symbol, and that's what I'm going to do.
I like to use the Wingdings font because it contains a lot of useful symbols.
You can pick any of these symbols to be your bullet.
I kind of like this one.
Click OK, and you'll see your symbol appear in
this area.
You can also change the size
or the color.
You can choose any of these colors, and if you
don't see the exact color you want,
you can click More Colors.
And when you click OK, the bullets will appear in
your list.
I think these bullets are much more interesting now.
So you have many different options for customizing lists,
and you can really tailor them to the style of your presentation.