Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated May 10, 2025)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024, and Word in Microsoft 365
In other issues of WordTips you learn how to insert lists into your documents. After you have created your lists, there may be times when you want to convert from one type of list to the other. To do so, follow these steps:
It is important to realize that converting lists from numbers to bullets (or vice versa) only works if the original list—the one you select in step 1—was created using the Numbering or Bullets tool in the first place. If the list items were created using manual means by typing bullets or numbers, then when you click on a list type (steps 3 or 4), the list is created, but the manual bullets or numbers may remain.
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (11569) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024, and Word in Microsoft 365. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Converting List Types.
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