How to use Google docs Bullet Points

Google Docs is a well-known tool widely used to create newsletters, articles, etc. It is loaded with several features that make completing tasks a lot easier. Among the numerous incredible features provided, we will be diving deeper into the ‘Bullet Points’ feature of google docs. They are an essential feature needed to format the content.

Bullet points not only help in making a document more detailed and specific but also make it a lot more sophisticated to read. One must use them when needed to create better readability for users in their documents such as presentation eBooks, brochures, or any article. Moreover, you can change their color or design to make them a lot more impactful. 

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Thankfully, a bullet-point feature of google docs is available on all supporting devices (Computer, Android, iPhone, iPad). 

How to Use Google docs Bullet Points

Using bullet points through google docs is easy as it follows a very simple process. Here is a complete guide (for android, IOS, and computer) that will help you in using bullet points in google docs.

How to Add Bullet Points In Google Docs

Let’s see how to add Bullet points in Google Docs or how to make a bullet point on google docs.

1. In Computer

Follow the steps given below to add bullet points to your Android and iOS smartphones:

• Open google docs.
• Go to the page or line you want to add bullets.

• Go to the Format section in the toolbar.

• Click on bullets and numberings.
• Select your list type to insert bullet points.

• Press enter after completing every bullet to create a bullet point series.

2. In Android and iOS

Follow the steps given below to add bullet points to your Android and iOS smartphones:

• Open your document in Google Docs.
• Select the part where you want to add bullet points.
• Tap on the Edit option.
• Tap on Format from the Toolbar.
• Select the list type to enter bullets in your document.

How to Add Bullets or Numberings to a Pre- Written Paragraph in Google Docs

If you have already written a document and forgot about using bullets, then you need not worry. You can also add numbering to a pre-written document using google docs. However, you must arrange them in a proper format first. This will help you to add numberings in a very simple method. 

Follow the steps given below to add Bullets or Numberings to a Pre- Written Paragraph in Google Docs:

• Open up your properly formatted paragraph in google docs.
• Select the paragraph where you want to add bullet points.

• Go to the Bullets and Numbering from the Toolbar.

• Click on your desired style to enter bullet points.

Make sure to make the proper format of those areas where you want to add bullets. 

How To Put Bullet Points Side By Side In Google Docs

Sometimes, we use to get the requirement to put Bullet points side by side in Google Docs. Follow the below quick steps to put bullet points side by side in Google Docs.

1. Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click on the Blank (+) button to create an empty document or you can open any of your existing Google docs where you want to put the bullet points.
2. Select the Complete text –> From the Bulleted list drop-down, select the Arrow format.

3. It will add the bullet list. Select the complete text again –> Click on the Bulleted list drop down and then select the first format as highlighted below.

4. Select the complete text again and Click on Format menu –> Choose Columns option –> Click on the More options.

5. On the Column options window, select the Number of columns option as 2 or 3 based on your need, and then click on the Apply button.

6. You can able to see below, we got the expected output.

How to Create Sub-bullets in Google Docs

If you want to categorize any bullet-point topic to a further extent. You can create a list inside a list in a document using Google Docs. 

E.g.- If you are writing an article about different steps required for cooking any dish and you want to mention any precaution or additional tips to any specific step. Then you can create sub-bullets inside that step and explain it there properly. This is a very easy task and can be done by following the given steps:

• Go to the bullet point next to the one where you want to create a sub-bullet.

• Press ‘tab’ and a sub-bullet will be created.

Follow the same steps to create a sub-bullet inside a sub-bullet. To snap out of a sub-bullet press ‘enter’ twice and you will enter the main series. 

How to use Google docs Bullet Points for Customization?

To make your document look more professional you can do certain customization to the bullets and sub-bullets. Google Docs allows customization of bullet points. You can change the design or color of the bullet points in Google Docs. Unfortunately, you can’t use this feature on Android or IOS. This feature is available for computers only.

Here’s how you can change the color of bullet points:

• Click on any bullet point in google docs.
• This will select all the bullet series.

• Click on the Text Color option from the toolbar.
• Select Your preferred color from the color chart.

• Click on the color and the color of the bullet points will be changed.

How to Add Special Characters to Bullets?

Do you find the elementary designs boring or unsuitable to use? 

Thankfully, there is a better alternative to it. 

Google Docs gives a wide range of designs to select as the bullets symbol. The process is very simple and can be done by following the steps given below.

• Click on any of the bullet points to select all the bullet series.
• Go to the Bullets and Numberings section from the Toolbar.
• Click on ‘List Options’.

• Click on the ‘more bullet’ option to open up the ‘special characters’ chart.

• Click on the character of your choice and it’ll be applied to all the bullets. 

You can also change the sub-bullets character using these steps. This feature is also available only for the computer version of Google Docs.

How To Move Bullet Points In Google Docs

Well, if you want to move the bullet points in Google docs, you can do that using the below steps.

• Put the cursor before the text of the bullet point and then press the tab and that will move the bullet point one cell towards the right.

• You can put the cursor before the text of the bullet point and then press the Shift key + tab, which will move one cell to the left.

Google Docs Bullet Points Indent

1. Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and open the document.
2. Now, highlight the bulleted point text or the text that you wish to indent.
3. Click on the Format menu –> Choose Align & indent option –> then click on Indentation options.

4. On the Indentation options window, select the Special indent option as First-line or Hanging based on your need. Finally, click on the Apply button.

Google Docs Bullet Points Shortcut

You can select the complete text and then press Ctrl + Shift + 8 from your keyboard that will add the bulleted points.

Google Docs Multilevel List

Well, it’s quite easy to create a multilevel list in Google Docs. Not only that you can also able to customize the multilevel list with ease.

You need a very minimal effort to create a multilevel list in Google Docs. You can just follow the below steps to make a multilevel list in Google Docs.

1. Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and open the document.
2. Select the complete text that you want to use for the multilevel list.

3. Click on Format menu –> Choose Bullets & numbering –> then Numbered list –> Click on the number list format that you want.

4. The list will get formatted based on the style you will choose. This is a single-level list.

5. To create a multilevel list, you have to promote or demote the line indents. For demoting a line indent, put the cursor at the starting of the line as shown below.

6. Press tab from your key board and that will send this element to the lower level.

7. If you will press the tab for two times, the item will again move two levels. You can change the levels based on your requirements.

8. If you want to move an item one level up or promote the line, you can place the cursor at the starting of the text and then press Shift+Tab.

Customize A Multilevel List In Google Docs

You can choose a different format for the multilevel list using below quick instruction.

1. You can put the cursor on any place on the multilevel list –> Click on the Bulleted List or Numbered List drop down and then choose the style that you want.

2. Now, the multilevel list will look like below.

• You can also change the color of the text. You can select the text in the multilevel list and then click on the Text color button and click on the specific color that you want based on your requirement.

How to go back a bullet point in Google Docs

Press Shift + Tab keys from your keyboard in order to go back to the main bullet point after a sub-bullet point.

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Conclusion

By now, we hope you have known enough about using bullet points in Google Docs. Using bullet points is important as it helps in the proper arrangement and formatting of your content.

Eventually, this improves the readability of the document and enhances the focus of the reader on important information. However, you must carefully incorporate them to use the two different categories of bullet points: Numbered list and bulleted list. Their proper use can give your docs a lot more professional feel.

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Numbered lists are used when you add any data which follows some specific order or pattern, e.g. step-by-step guide, the procedure to do something, recipe, etc. A bulleted list is used in any series that does not follow any specific order. The information given in this blog is genuine and has been tested by us. 

Apart from the reader, the writer is also helped by bullets as he/she gets a better way to give detailed and properly formatted information about his/her topic using bullet points. 

That’s all we have got with how to use Google Docs bullet points. We hope this blog was helpful.