It’s not uncommon for Word documents to come back from
review with unintentional revisions to the bullet formats. For example,
bulleted text may end up positioned too close or too far from the left margin, or the text may be indented incorrectly or inconsistently
from the bullet. You can attempt to change each set of bullets manually by
adjusting the corresponding indent marker on the ruler, but a more efficient
approach is to use the Bullets and Numbering format menu.

To adjust the left margin indent from the left margin,
follow these steps:

  1. Select
    the bulleted list or lists you want to change. (Press [Ctrl] to select
    multiple lists.)
  2. Right-click
    the selection, and click Bullets And Numbering.
  3. Under
    the Bulleted tab, select the bullet style in the Bullet Gallery and click
    Customize.
  4. Under
    Bullet Position, click the up or down arrow in the Indent At text box
    until the bullet is the correct distance from the margin.
  5. Click
    OK.

To adjust the distance of the text from the bullet, follow
these steps:

  1. Select
    the bulleted list or lists you want to change.
  2. Right-click
    the selection and click Bullets And Numbering.
  3. Under
    the Bulleted tab, select the bullet style in the Bullet Gallery and click
    Customize.
  4. Under
    Text position, click the up and down arrow in the Tab Space After box
    until the text is the correct distance from the bullet.
  5. Click
    the up and down arrow in the Indent At box until the text is correctly
    indented.
  6. Click
    OK.

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