How to Add a Bullet in Excel

Using bullets in Microsoft Excel is a useful feature, but it's not obvious how to do this in the program. Juts like in any other program, bullets help you separate items in a list format. Bullets help make the text cleaner and easier to read. Learn the keystrokes to add a bullet in Excel.

Instructions

1. Start Microsoft Excel and open a spreadsheet.

2. Point to the cell that you want to add the bullet to with the mouse and double-click the left button to edit the cell.

3. Hold down the "ALT" key and press the "7" key on the number pad. When you release these keys, a bullet will appear in the cell. When using a laptop keyboard, an additional key may be necessary if it does not have a number pad. The key sequence for a bullet on a laptop is "ALT" + "Fn" + "7."

4. Hit "ALT" then "Enter" to go to the next line in a cell. Once your cursor moves to the next line, enter the bullet keystrokes to get a bullet on the next line. Repeat this sequence to add as many bullets as needed to a cell.