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Foreword
The video "Aufzählungszeichen in Impress - LibreOffice 7.0" links to this page here, which contains further information.

This video shows how bullets can be used in Impress.

This description refers to the version LibreOffice 7.0 under Windows 10.

Link to the Video
Link to the Video (in German [DE]):

Aufzählungszeichen in Impress – LibreOffice 7.0

Use bullet points




Enable Bullet-points


Open Impress and the existing presentation "Aufzählungszeichen in Impress - LO70.odp".

In this section you work with the sidebar.

[[Media:202011_Select the three sentences in the middle.png|Select the three sentences in the middle.]]

Click on the "Toggle Bulleted List" icon.

The 3 sentences (are paragraphs) are now each displayed with bullet points.

Click the "Toggle Bulleted List" icon again.

The text is again displayed without bullets.

Position bullet points


In this section you work with the menu.

To indent a point to a lower or higher level, press the Buttons with arrows to the right or left.


 * Choose (  +  +  ) or
 * Choose (  +  +  ) from the menu.

___ Sidebar ___
( +  ), there, you can, for example:




 * and
 * and
 * and

___ Text Formatting toolbar ___


Alternatively the icons



in the "Text Formatting" toolbar can be used according to the situation.

___ Menu ___


The menu offers the possibilities:




 * and
 * and
 * and

___ Context menu ___


Right-click in the text in the middle.

It opens the context menu.

Choose from the menu

The "Bullets and Numbering" dialog appears.

Here you can make the settings for the bullets.

___ Keyboard ___

 * You can use the key to initiate an indentation. You can do this several times.
 * Use to undo the indentation. This can also be done several times up to the left margin.
 * With you can continue writing the line without bullets.
 * To enter further text (without bullets) in the same horizontal position, press the key.
 * If you want to continue the text at the left margin, press the key and the "Toggle Bulleted List" icon.

Special feature slide 1
After opening Impress and the [[Media:202008_LOEN_Impress Standard template page 1.png|Default template]] only slide 1 is available without bullets.

If you create a second slide ( +  ), it already contains bullets.

Used presentation
The presentation used for this video was created based on the standard template.

To bypass the different behavior of Slide 1 and Slide 2, a Slide 2 was created and Slide 1 was deleted.

Thus, all slides will later behave the same with respect to the bullets.

Font size adjustment
If you write text and it does not fit into the field in one line, then the font size is automatically changed.

If you then enlarge the field, the font size may also be changed back to increased.

Bullet points in the structures/levels


You can use different characters as bullets in the individual outlines.

View/edit bullets of the outlines
With the file "Bullets in Impress - LO70.odp" open, click on in the sidebar.

In the slide in the "Object Area for Autolayouts" the outline with the assigned bullets is displayed.

If you now place the cursor in the text of an structuring level, you can select the following in the "Text Formatting" toolbar "Toggle Bulleted List>More Bullets..." and select a desired bullet for the outline level.

Work file
Presentation Aufzählungszeichen in Impress – LO70.odp:

[[Media:Aufzählungszeichen in Impress – LO70.odp|"Aufzählungszeichen in Impress – LO70.odp"]]

Master slide and Presentation
To describe, how to create a master slide and a presentation.

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