Microsoft KB Archive/68714

Word 5.50: Changing the Bullet in Bulleted_List Macro

PSS ID Number: Q68714 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When running the supplied Word version 5.50 macro titled “bulleted_list,” the actual character used as a bullet is a hyphen (-).

Many dot matrix and laser printers have the ability to print a bullet character. To change the hyphen to an actual bullet symbol (that is, ALT+Keypad 254), do the following:


 * 1) From the File menu, choose New.
 * 2) From the Macro menu, choose Edit.
 * 3) In the Edit Macro dialog box, choose Open Glossary.
 * 4) In the Files list box, select MACRO.GLY.
 * 5) In the Macros list box, select “bulleted_list 8.”
 * 6) In the Edit Macro box, choose Edit.
 * 7) Go to line 12, the line that begins with <“done”>>.
 * 8) Replace the hyphen before “ ” with a bullet character (ALT+Keypad 254).
 * 9) Select the macro text, and from the Macro menu, choose Edit.
 * 10) In the Macros list box, select “bulleted_list 8”, and choose Define. When prompted to replace the existing macro, press ENTER.
 * 11) From the Macro menu, choose Edit, and choose Save Glossary to save the changes to MACRO.GLY.

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