You can use that shortcut key to insert the bullet in the line of text, as we mentioned at the beginning of this post. The Shortcut key for the selected bullet is listed at the bottom of the Symbol dialog box ( Alt + 0149 for the bullet we selected). If the bullet you want to insert displays in the palette, click the bullet character to insert it. Click the Symbol button in the Symbols group. Once you are finished inserting all the bullets, or other characters, you want to insert, click the Close button to close the Symbol dialog box. To insert a bullet graphically in Word, put the insertion point where you want to insert the bullet and click the Insert tab on the ribbon. There are several line keyboard shortcuts. The bullet is still selected in the grid of symbols on the dialog box. Most of you already know that you can quickly add a horizontal line to a Word document by typing three hyphens and pressing Enterbut there’s more. Once you type some more text and want to insert another bullet, click on the Symbol dialog box to give it focus and click the Insert button again. This is handy if you want to insert several symbols within one block of text.
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The Symbol dialog box is a non-modal dialog box, and therefore, you can interact with your Word document while the dialog box is still open and then click on the Symbol dialog box to go back to it. A modal dialog box is one that requires you to interact with it and close it before you can interact with the main parent program again. There are two types of dialog boxes, modal and non-modal. Click the Insert button to insert the character. Click the bullet character in the grid of symbols on the Symbol dialog box. We found a bullet we wanted to use in the General Punctuation Subset. You can use the Subset drop-down list to display specific types of symbols. Locate the bullet character you want to insert. NOTE: If you are using Word 2003, select Symbol from the Insert menu to access the Symbols palette.
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If the bullet symbol you want to insert is not available on the palette, click More Symbols.
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NOTE: Once you save the Word document you cannot delete the built-in sidebar since it is not really a part of the Word document but it is a “standalone supplement” to it.Click the Symbol button in the Symbols group. Play with it until you feel like you’ve got the right look. The sky is the limit to give the SIDEBAR exactly the look you like.
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Step 3: Choose a line and click on Ok to have it inserted at the. (7) Turn off your gridlines and here is your new and improved document: Step 2: On the Borders and Shading dialog that appears, click on the button reading Horizontal Line (bottom left of the window). (6) Enter your text both into the SIDEBAR and also the regular body text area on the right. (5) Change the background color, perspective, and other graphic features of your SIDEBAR text box by trying out many alternatives offered by MS Word’s formatting buttons and drop0-down menus: (4) Pull the top and bottom of the text bar to make sure it fits the top and bottom of the grid: (3) Click and select ALPHABET SIDEBAR text box (my personal preference) or any other sidebar text box you like. (2) Go to the INSERT tab and select TEXT BOX to display the pre-set text box designs: This will help you align the SIDEBAR more easily. OPTIONAL STEP: Turn on your gridlines by selecting the GRIDLINES check-box in the VIEW tab. MS Word comes with a number of impressive page layout features that perhaps you generally don’t expect from Word since it’s not known as a “page layout application” (like InDesign, QuarkXpress, or PageMaker). Did you know how easy it is to add a very stylish text sidebar box to your MS Word business or technical document?