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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6da0a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Change the bullet character</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d9fa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Add a bullet character</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d9ea"><h4 class="topictitle4">Remove a bullet character</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>If you don’t want to use one of the existing
bullet characters, you can add other bullet characters to the Bullet
Character grid. A bullet character that is available in one font
may not be available in another font. You can choose whether the
font is remembered with any bullet character you add.</p>
<p>If you
want to use a bullet found in a specific font (such as the pointing
hand from Dingbats), be sure to set the bullet to remember that
font. If you use a basic bullet character, it’s probably best not
to remember the font, because most fonts have their own version
of that bullet character. Depending on whether you select the Remember
Font With Bullet option, a bullet you add can reference either a Unicode
value and a specific font family and style, or just a Unicode value.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Bullets
that reference only the Unicode value (without a remembered font) appear
with a red “u” indicator. </div>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="op_45" src="images/op_45.png" /><div class="figdesc">Bullets And Numbering dialog box</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Bullet without remembered font</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Bullet
with remembered font</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6da0a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6da0a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change the bullet character</h3><div><ol><li><span>On the Control panel menu or Paragraph
panel menu, select Bullets And Numbering.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Bullets And Numbering dialog box, select Bullets
from the List Type menu. </span></li>
<li><span>Select a different bullet character, and then click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d9fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d9fa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Add a bullet character</h3><div><ol><li><span>In the Bullets And Numbering dialog
box, select Bullets from the List Type menu, then click Add. </span></li>
<li><span>Select the glyph that you want to use as the bullet character.
(Different font families and font styles contain different glyphs.)</span></li>
<li><span>If you want the new bullet to remember the currently
chosen font and style, select Remember Font With Bullet.</span></li>
<li><span>Click Add. </span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>The list of bullet characters is stored in the document,
like paragraph and character styles. When you paste or load paragraph
styles from another document, any bullet character used in those
styles appears in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box, along with
the other bullets defined for the current document.</div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d9ea" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d9ea"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Remove a bullet character</h3><div><ol><li><span>In the Bullets And Numbering dialog box,
select Bullets from the List Type menu. </span></li>
<li><span>Select the bullet character you want to remove, and click
Delete. (The first preset bullet character cannot be deleted.)</span></li>
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