Bulleted and numbered lists are another way to organize information. Google Docs makes it easy to add and remove list items while keeping the list formatting intact.
Copying the practice document
If you are beginning this course at this point, you will need to copy the practice document to your Google Drive.
NOTE: If you have been working through the course, your file should be up to date and you will not need to copy the practice document. You may continue at Creating a bulleted list.
- To begin copying the practice document in a new browser window,
Right-click Copy practice document, Click Open link in new window
The file begins to open in a new window of the web browser. Before the document will open and can be edited, we need to make a copy of it.
Move to the new browser window.
- To copy the document file, in the browser window,
Click 
A copy of the file is now open and, by default, is saved in your Google Drive. The filename now has the words "Copy of" at the beginning.
Creating a bulleted list
Let's add bullets to the list "Ten Product Characteristics of LEGO Toys." Bullets are applied to the selected paragraph. We could set each bullet individually, but it will be more efficient to select all of the list items and apply the bullets all at once.
- To move to the list, if necessary,
Scroll to page 2 of the document
- To select the list,
Press & drag from "Unlimited play..." to "Quality in every detail"
- To apply bullets, on the toolbar,
Click
- To deselect the list,
Click in a blank area of the document
The list has been slightly indented and bullets have been applied.
Creating a numbered list
Numbered lists are also easy to create in Google Docs. In fact, the bulleted list can be changed to a numbered list with just a few clicks.
Often you will want to simply add a number to each list item, however, numbered lists can also be used to create outlines.
- To select the list,
Press & drag from "Unlimited play..." to "Quality in every detail"
- To see the options for numbered lists, on the toolbar,
Click
The numbered list options appear:
As we can see from these small examples, numbered lists can be used to create extensive outlines.
- To apply a numbered list, in the numbered list menu,
Click any numbered list
The list is nicely numbered. However, the title of the list is Ten Product Characteristics of LEGO Toys and there are only 9 things on the list. The original author missed the fourth characteristic, "Year-round play." Let's add this item to the fourth spot on the list.
- To add a new line to the list,
Click at the end of the third item, "Fun for every age," press: Enter key
The list items shift down. A new line is inserted after the third line and is automatically numbered.
- To add the entry to the fourth line, type the following text:
Year-round play
The list is now complete. However, the tenth item is slightly out of alignment. This can be easily fixed by using the First Line Indent marker on ruler, as shown in the following image:
- To place your cursor in the tenth list item,
Click anywhere in the tenth item
- To align the text, on the ruler,
Press & drag the First Line Indent marker to the left to the .13 inch mark
The Ten Product Characteristics list is now properly numbered and aligned.
