Surely, over the years, many of you have used these elements to add a plus to your documents. Well, that is why here we are going to focus on showing you in detail what these objects can offer us. Also, we will see the types of lists that we can use in wordas well as the utility that they are going to offer us separately.
In fact, they could be considered as one of the tools that the Microsoft program proposes to us that are easier to use and that provides a much more professional aspect to the work that we carry out here. And not only that, since these lists that we are discussing will also help us to better structure certain content that we need to display in our Word projects.
What is a Word list and what is it for?
In the first place, and as its own name allows us to glimpse, the function of word lists allows us to carry out an accumulation of similar elements, and properly ordered. Thus, what we achieve is to generate our own personal lists that in the end will be very useful to show a set of elements, but in a structured way. This is something that we can use in all types of environments and modes of use, for example, for University work or to expose certain circumstances or differentiating aspects to our boss at work.
Of course, we must take into account that the advanced program of those of redmond, presents us with several ways, both to create these lists, and formats for them. For example, initially we have the possibility of accessing this type of element directly from the option start menu from Word itself. Thus, at the top of the section called Paragraph, we see the formats of these that we can access and use next.
As we mentioned, a program with the potential of this one from Microsoft presents us with several alternatives to choose from when dealing with its additional elements. Here come into play, how could it be otherwise, the lists that concern us in these lines. That is why we are going to talk about each of the types of ready that we are going to meet here and that we can use. Each one will be the most suitable for a type of use, or work environment.
Largely thanks to the enormous versatility and functionality that this text editor offers us, here we can work with documents of all kinds. All we need to take advantage of these elements is to use the corresponding most useful functions that the Microsoft application offers us. Needless to say, item listings are quite common in all kinds of settings, both personal and more professional. That is precisely why Word, being the undisputed leader in this sector, offers us all the facilities to carry out this type of task in particular.
Stop creating our own custom lists, the application offers us several very interesting options and thus be able to manage these objects in the best way. Precisely about all of this that we want to talk about below so that you do not have a problem when it comes to getting the most out of this feature.
Types of lists in Word
We must bear in mind that when we talk about this specific program, one of the most used in the world, the first thing that comes to mind in the creation of texts as such. But that’s not all we can do with this powerful application that is part of the suite of office. And it is that in addition to editing and creating texts, thanks to the tools and functions that it provides us, we will be able to carry out many other jobs, as is the case.
For example, here we have the possibility of also working with images, shapes, WordArt, etc In fact, in the case that concerns us at this moment, we will see all the possibilities that are made available to us when creating personalized lists. Thus, depending on our needs in each case, we can choose the Format that interests us the most. That is why we will tell you in detail what these types are and how we can use Word lists.
At this point it is important to know the different types and formats of personal lists that we can create here in order to quickly opt for the most convenient one. In this case, it will be much easier to work with a predefined list correctly from the beginning, than to change a format on a previously defined list. In the second case, we may encounter certain conversion problems, which could damage the appearance of the document we are working on.
numbered lists
It is evident that the numbered lists are perhaps the most common ones that are usually used when the time comes to make use of these elements. They could be considered the most basic of the exposed formats, but they may also be the most useful. These are represented, in the section mentioned above, by a button with a series of vertical numbers. Therefore, to see what this Format offers us, we will only have to click on it.
It is worth mentioning that, despite being called Numbering Lists, here we can use other elements in the form of separators for the elements of this. We will see these on the screen by clicking on the drop-down list to the right of the aforementioned button. In this way we can decide to use simple numbers, uppercase or lowercase letters, separator numbers, etc. Say that when you click on the button directly, the list will begin to be classified by simple numbers.
But that’s not all, but at the same time we can specify our own custom classifier, all through the Define new number format link.
Here the program itself proposes a wide range of formats that will serve as classification elements for the list that we will create. In the same way we will have the possibility of creating a personalized one by adding characters to the field number format. It must be said that in this same window we have a preview to visualize how the numerical list that we are going to create will look like. As you can imagine, this function opens up a wide range of possibilities when it comes to creating basic and original lists in Word.
Before finishing with this guy, we will tell you that a shortcut To create numeric lists here is, for example, writing a 1 followed by a –. Thus, by pressing the space bar, Word will directly create a list of this type for us to fill in and customize.
bulleted lists
On the other hand, a little more original than those previously reviewed, we find the Bullets lists. We are going to find these in the same section of the main interface of the program that we mentioned before. But in this case, if we choose to use this specific format, say that it is represented by a button with a series of small squares. As in the previous case, when clicking on the small arrow to the right of it, the drop down list corresponding to it.
Here, as before, we are going to find a series of slightly more graphic elements or objects that will serve as catalogers or separators for this new list. In this section, what we are going to find are a series of elements in the form of symbols that can act as element separators for the new list. Thus, we find circles, squares, arrows, etc. But of course, as in the previous case, we can also define new ones. To do this, click on Define new bullet point from the mentioned drop-down list.
The most interesting thing about this is that here we can specify that we want to use some of the multiple symbols that we usually use throughout the operating system. But that is not all, but we will also have the possibility of selecting an image that we have stored in the disk drives. Of course, we should be a bit cautious, since this image is going to be repeated over and over again for each item in the list.
As in the previous case, we also have the possibility of shortening the process of creating a personalized list. To do this, all we have to do is write an asterisk on a new line, so that the bullet list starts automatically when we press the space bar. In addition, it is worth mentioning that possibly today this is one of the most used and common formats to create lists that we are going to find. Perhaps its widespread use is due to the simplicity that it offers us and now good visibility of the different individual elements that we are going to add here.
multilevel lists
So far we have been able to see the main objective and how we can create both bullet and numeric lists. Each format can serve us in an independent environment or type of use, we can also create both lists made up of generic classifiers, as well as more personalized and therefore original ones.
However, it is also worth taking a look at what is known as Multilevel lists. We will find these in the same section of the Word interface as the previous two. Of course, in this case they are represented by the levels of which they will be composed, in miniature. So, to begin with, we will tell you these multilevel They are elements of this same type that we have seen, but they allow you to create a list inside another. It is evident that for this the container already has to exist, therefore, within the primary list, we can create others. It must be said that these will maintain the indentations that we added initially, as well as the numeration indicated in your design.
That is why it could be said that the use of these elements is like taking the use of the previously reviewed simple lists one step further. In fact, if we display the corresponding drop-down menu in your button, we find designs similar to those we saw in the previous formats, but in this case, nested. In the same way we can create the design of our new multilevel list from the link Define new list style.
At the same time, we find another link in the same window that allows us to Define a new, custom, multilevel list. Here we will have the opportunity to specify various parameters of this element of nested lists. Among these we find the possibility of customizing the types of separators of the different lists, including the level number, the alignment of the elements, the distance of the Bleedingetc.
As you can imagine the use of this list format in the specific Microsoft program, it is more limited for more advanced users of the text editor. Although the program itself tries to facilitate its use as much as possible, the nesting of components when using these lists that we are commenting on, it can be somewhat confusing for those less experienced. In turn, here we are going to find many other additional configurations to customize the…
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