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This means there is something wrong with the font the bullets are in. That font is normally 'Symbol' font (but you can set it to anything you like) and it may simply be that the Symbol font is missing from or disabled on your system. To go further, I need to know what the update level of Word is, and the name of the Style you are using for Bullets. Cheers On 8/12/09 6:27 AM, in article [email protected], ' wrote: - The email below is my business email - Please do not email me about forum matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer, McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia. Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 +61 4 1209 1410, mailto: [email protected] 9/12/2009, 7:18 น. Thanks for the response!
On the Formatting Bar, click on the Bullets button. It is comprised of three blue dots and some text, and is on the right of the Formatting Bar. This turns auto-bullets on and off. But I don't know of a way for you to automatically have bullets inserted unless you're typing in an existing bulleted list already, which might be the reason there seems to be no way to turn auto-bullets off.
The Version is 12.2.3 (091001) The style just says 'normal', and its the most common bullet points. Font is New Times Roman. FYI, I just realized this problem is on my resume, which was worked for a bit by someone using Windows. Mark This means there is something wrong with the font the bullets are in.
That font is normally 'Symbol' font (but you can set it to anything you like) and it may simply be that the Symbol font is missing from or disabled on your system. To go further, I need to know what the update level of Word is, and the name of the Style you are using for Bullets. Cheers On 8/12/09 6:27 AM, in article [email protected], John McGhie 9/12/2009, 17:56 น. The problem is a missing or corrupted Symbol font on your system. There is no such thing as 'the most common bullets'. The bullet formats are stored in the document, and they are 'whatever you last used in that document'. The Windows user would have applied bullets to Normal style, and in so doing, has set the font to something you don't have, or to a character that is not in your copy of the Symbol font.
This is just one reason why it's a really bad idea to use 'Normal' style for 'anything'. Word uses the Normal style for all manner of things all over the document. If you define bullets onto some text in Normal Style, you've set up a conflict: some 'Normal' paragraphs have bullets, some don't.
From there, it's only a matter of time before the document gives trouble. You need to fix the bullet format in that document. Here's how: Apply the style 'List Bullet' to those bulleted paragraphs. (In the formatting palette, you need to set the 'List' window in the Style tab to 'All Styles' from 'Available Styles' or you will not see the List Bullet style unless you have used it in that document). Then set the format of List Bullet to be what you want. The easiest way to do that is to set the format for one paragraph with List Bullet applied, then: 1) Select the entire paragraph you just changed 2) Display the Formatting Palette 3) Open the Style tab 4) In the 'Pick formatting to apply' window (the lower one) 5) Click the blue paragraph symbol against the List Bullet style 6) Choose 'Update to match selection' from the drop-down that appears.
This gives you a dedicated style for bullets, set up the way you like them. Do the same with List Number. 7) Then go back to the formatting palette, 8) select either style, 9) and click the paragraph mark again. 10) This time, choose 'Modify'. 11) In the dialog that opens, check 'Add to template' and ensure that 'Automatically update' remains unchecked. 12) Save and quit Word. Takes five minutes.
The second half of the procedure stores the new definitions for all of your styles in your Normal.dotm template, so that every document you create from now will have those style settings in it when you create it, so you never have to set it again. Once you get the hang of this, set up Body Text to your taste and use that in place of Normal. Set up the Heading 1 through Heading 9 series of styles for your headings.
Set up the Header and Footer styles, and the Page Number style. Add to Template and quit: and all your formatting is DONE, for the rest of your life:-) There is such a thing as 'Too much automation'. Word has this design error as a major problem. The USA FAA is currently extremely worried about this in relation to airlines. All airlines now instruct their pilots to fly the entire trip on the autopilot. They do this because the computers fly much more accurately than the pilots do, which saves fuel. Air Traffic Control also insists that the pilots are on 'automatic' before they will permit the aircraft to go up to the heights where airliners fly most efficiently: the computer accuracy enables them to get more airliners closer together in the same block of airspace.
The problem that is scaring the hell out of the FAA and the CAA is this: If there is a problem. Say, the aircraft hits severe turbulence that exceeds the ability of the autopilot to correct it. The autopilot kicks off, and hands the aircraft back to the pilot. But it might be YEARS since the pilots manually flew an aircraft, and they have forgotten how! Sure, they have a general idea, but when the autopilot suddenly shouts 'YOURS!!'
In the middle of a thunderstorm at night with no visibility, you have to know EXACTLY how, instantly. That's what some people think bought down flight AF447 with the death of all on board: they hit a thunderstorm and the autopilot clicked off with the airplane upside down. The pilots couldn't get it right-side up before the force of the air ripped it apart. Because they had forgotten how to fly. Same with Microsoft Word. If you had been a WordPerfect user, you would not have needed to ask this question, because in WP you had to define your bullets each time you wanted some, so you did it automatically without needing to think. In Word, everything is so automatic that normal users these days have no idea how it works, or how to fix it when it goes wrong.
I guess we need a 'Fix this document' button:-) Cheers On 10/12/09 2:18 AM, in article [email protected], [email protected], 7:11 น. Different mechanism and different result, though. That inserts a bullet character into the text using the font of the surrounding text: the poster's problem is with the generated bullets in outline lists that use a specified font.
Cheers On 11/12/09 2:11 AM, in article [email protected], ' wrote: Holding down the Option key and hitting 8 gives you a bullet as well. The email below is my business email - Please do not email me about forum matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay! John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer, McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia. Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 +61 4 1209 1410, mailto: [email protected], 9:17 น. The hollow white box means that the character being called for is not present in the font being used. Therefore it cannot be displayed or printed. If the suggestions offered to the originator of this thread do not work for you your circumstances must be.different.
even if the symptoms seem to be similar - just because 2 people have a pain in their arm doesn't mean the pains stem from the same cause:-) Submit a New Message stating all particulars pertinent to your issue, including exact update levels of Office & OS X as well as what fonts are involved, what Styles are being used, how you are 'selecting a typical black bullet', plus any other details you can supply. Regards :) Bob Jones MVP Office:Mac On 12/11/09 12:17 PM, in article [email protected], [email protected], 12:58 น.
Sorry for the delay in responding. The solution you gave does not appear to work. The problem is more to do with the font than the Style I think? The problem is that I cannot get the 'normal bullet' - by this I mean the black dot (like what you get pressing Option-8) to appear. Whenever I try to select it, a hollow black box (black border, white center) appears instead. So when I follow your instructions, and get to the 'select the bullet you prefer', I am unable to get that bullet to appear.
I can select OTHER styles, and they appear, but the 'normal' black dot comes out as a box. The hollow white box means that the character being called for is not present in the font being used. Therefore it cannot be displayed or printed. If the suggestions offered to the originator of this thread do not work for you your circumstances must be.different. even if the symptoms seem to be similar - just because 2 people have a pain in their arm doesn't mean the pains stem from the same cause:-) Submit a New Message stating all particulars pertinent to your issueincluding exact update levels of Office & OS X as well as what fonts are involved, what Styles are being used, how you are 'selecting a typical black bullet', plus any other details you can supply. Regards :) Bob Jones MVP Office:Mac On 12/11/09 12:17 PM, in article [email protected], [email protected], 13:09 น. Sorry - I just noticed something else odd.
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When I try to select a bullet style, there are several to choose from. Big black dot, smaller black dot, arrow, hollow diamond. If I pick ANY of these, I get the same black border square (like a check box.) There is one bullet style with some sort of weird tri-color thing.
If I select that, I get the weird tri-color bullet? Any of the others, I get the check box bullet?
And the check box bullet does not even show up as an option for bullet point styles? John McGhie, 4:02 น. That's an absolutely classic symptom of 'Missing (or disabled) font named 'Symbol'. Cheers On 17/12/09 8:09 AM, in article [email protected], ' wrote: - The email below is my business email - Please do not email me about forum matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer, McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia. Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 +61 4 1209 1410, mailto: [email protected] 3/12/2014, 14:05 น. I had a problem with bullets in Publisher. When I went to print my document all of my bullet points printed as squares. So this is what I did to correct it. It is a simple fix.
Click on Print (Print dialog box should appear on screen). Go to Properties. Dialog box will change to show options. Go to Imaging.
You should see a Fonts button. Click on this. Check box or option labeled: 'Disable device fonts.' Then Print (Ok). This should fix the problem.
I hope it does [email protected] 16/8/2016, 12:09 น.
I appreciate the software trying to make things easier for me, but most of the time, it guesses wrong. Fortunately, this feature can be turned off. Disable the feature in Word that automatically starts entering numbered or bulleted text for you. Word 2016, 2013 & 2010.
Select the “ File” menu. Select “ Options“. Select the “ Proofing” tab on the left pane. Select “ AutoCorrect Options“. Select the “ AutoFormat As You Type” tab.
Uncheck the “ Automatic bulleted lists” and “ Automatic numbered lists” options. Word 2007. From the “ Office Button” menu, select “ Word Options“. Click “ Proofing“.
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Click “ AutoCorrect Options“, and then click the “ AutoFormat As You Type” tab. Under “ Apply as you type“, deselect “ Automatic bulleted lists” and “ Automatic numbered lists“. Click “ OK” and you’re done.
Now no more annoying automatic bullets or numbers appearing when you type. Filed Under: Tagged With:, Reader Interactions.