SESSION 9: CREATE LIST OF ITEMS USING BULLETS AND NUMBERING
RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE
Very often, you need to create a list of items. This can be neatly done by using the
features described below:
You need to create a document as given below in the box.
Every interaction starts with some form of greeting. Given below are some
statements we generally make whenever we greet someone.
Greeting a friend:
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Hi! How are you doing?
Hey! It has been a long time since we last met!
Hi! What are you doing now?
Hey! How‟s life?
Greeting an acquaintance:
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Hello! How are you?
Hello! How have you been?
Good morning/afternoon/evening! All‟s well?
Greeting a stranger:
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Hello!
Good morning/afternoon/evening!
How do you do?
My name is Aarti. May I know your name?
Enter the above text in the document. Now do the following steps:
1. Select the text of the group of first four statements below the heading
“Greeting a friend”.
2. Select Bullets On/Off from Formatting toolbar. You will see that the bullets
appear at the beginning of each of the four sentences.
Figure 9.1
3. Also notice the Bullets and Numbering toolbar appears (Figure 9.2). Select
icon from this toolbar to open the Bullets and Numbering dialog box
(Figure 9.2).
Figure 9.2 Bullets and Numbering toolbar
Figure 9.3 Bullets and Numbering dialog box
4. Select the bullet style from the list displayed.
Repeat the above given step 1 and 2 with the other two headings.
Now create another document and create a bulleted list of items you would pack,
when you for a family holiday. Try numbering this list, with the Numbering icon.
When is it better to use bullets than numbers?
Use numbered lists when you're working with instructions to be done in a sequence
i.e. steps to be followed as numbers suggest a hierarchy. The same applies when
you refer to specific items by number. Numbered are more commonly used in
scholarly publications. If numbers aren't essential (very necessary), use bullets,
especially in business documents.
When to capitalize the first letter in a bulleted item?
In most cases, it is recommended that you start each bulleted item with a capital
letter. Till now, you have capitalized only proper nouns and the first word of a
complete sentence, so it almost seems wrong to capitalize single words and phrases.
However, for the sake of a good presentation, you need to do it anyway.
EXERCISE
Perform the following activities till you are confident:
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Activities
Create a bulleted list of the items in a document.
Create a numbered list of the items in a document.
Create a document on the “Solar System” or “Computer Software” and
summarize points using bulleted and numbered list.