- Click
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- Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the multiline text object.
- Right-click in the In-Place Text Editor, On the expanded shortcut menu, click
Bullets and Lists
Numbering, Bullets, or Letters
Note: When Allow Bullets and Lists is not checked, you cannot create new formatted lists in the multiline text object. If you do not want list formatting applied to all text that fits the criteria, clear Allow Bullets and Lists option. - Select Numbers to uses numbers with periods for the items in a list.
- Select Bullets to use a bullet or other character for the items in a list.
- Select Letters Uppercase Letters to use uppercase letters with periods for the items in a list. If the list has more items than the alphabet has letters, the sequence continues by using double letters. To use lowercase letters, right-click in the editor. Click Bullets and Lists Lettered Lowercase.
When Auto-list is on, you can create a list as you type. Not all symbols are available from the character map for a particular text font. However, if you specify the Unicode text directly (\U+25CB in this case), you can get the bullet format of your choice.
- Press Tab after you enter the Unicode text or symbol, or it will remain a separate character.
You can also paste a symbol from the Characters dialog box.
Note: With Auto-list off, type the elements of a list, close and reopen the editor to convert the text to a list. - To save your changes, click in the drawing outside the editor.