How to Create a Bulleted List Slide in PowerPoint

Bulleted lists work well in slide presentations because they're an efficient way to deliver information in a concise, easy-to-understand manner.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft Powerpoint

1. Go to the toolbar and click the New Slide button.

2. Select the Bulleted List layout in the New Slide window and click OK.

3. Go to the title placeholder in the slide and click once in the Click to Add Title section.

4. Type the title of the bulleted list.

5. Click once in the Click to Add Text Box section and begin typing the bulleted list information.

6. Press Return or Enter after each list item.

7. Save this slide by going to the File menu and selecting Save.

Tips & Warnings

• To create a secondary bullet, press the Tab key at the beginning of the line. Press the Tab key again to create a tertiary bullet.
• The first word of each line is automatically capitalized.
• For professional slide copy, make sure your bulleted statements are parallel in structure - that is, they're all complete sentences or all noun phrases or all gerund phrases and so on. Make sure your readers can identify what your bulleted list is a list of. Is it a list of company goals? A list of current successes? Don't mix apples and oranges in one list.