Microsoft KB Archive/62780

PowerPoint 2.00 Help: Creating A Bullet Chart PSS ID Number: Q62780 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The information below is taken from the PowerPoint version 2.00 Help file for creating a bullet.

To Create This Sample Bullet Chart
To sell effectively:


 * Know the product
 * Know the client
 * Know the competition


 * 1) Create a word-processing object.
 * 2) Choose Show Text Ruler from the Text menu.
 * 3) Drag the second indent marker, so its top triangle is where you want the bullets to appear.
 * 4) Drag the bottom triangle of the second indent marker to where you want the indented text to wrap to. You can adjust the top and bottom of the marker independently.
 * 5) Type the first line, “To sell effectively”, and Press ENTER.
 * 6) Choose Indent >> from the Text menu.
 * 7) Type the bullet character, press the TAB key, and type the bullet text. Press ENTER at the end of each bullet text (not at the end of each line).
 * 8) Type the next bullet, its text, and press ENTER.
 * 9) Continue until all the bullets are done.
 * 10) Choose Indent << to get the pointer back to the original left margin.

For more information about this topic, refer to Pages 46-48 and 310-312 of your “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide.”

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.