How to Align Text under Bullets in Adobe Indesign

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[@OliviaMoon91]

I was just about to chuck the computer out the window. InDesign and these bullets are maddening. Thank you for the explanation! I'll probably watch this a billion times.

[@GDHT]

You're welcome! Yes, it is definitely hard to get used to (and not very intuitive)!

[@sjanderson4519]

2 years after you published this & it still helps! Thanks for making this understandable & quick!!!

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You’re welcome! I’m so glad it helped!!

[@HappyCardsProduction]

Oh my goodness, you are heaven sent! I was googling and looking on how to fix my document and your tutorial for custom bullets and how to align text was just what I needed. Thank you so much!

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Oh that is great!! You're welcome...and thank you!!

[@khalidshuriye5612]

Thank you very much. This is much appreciated

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You're welcome!!

[@PixelBomb]

This was a fantastic tip. Quick, to the point and extremely well presented. Thank you!

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Thank you so much!!

[@MattFromAmerica]

Thank you so much for doing this! I have been using ID for over a decade and had a SERIOUS brain fart today when I forgot this while editing a document.

[@GDHT]

You're welcome - it's definitely not intuitive, in my opinion!

[@aymankourdi6214]

Really you deserve over than million subscriber, you're very active and skilled, I love your lessons I watch them even if I know, you're the best, thanks for every thing.

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[@Sasuke--]

Thank you for this. I'm currently working on my resume and it really seems like there should be a more straightforward solution built-in to left-align bullets.

[@GDHT]

I agree! I think this process is pretty non-intuitive!!

[@billpholde4816]

You did it again - made it easy! Thanks, Ann!

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Awww thank you!! I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@daves516]

THE GREATEST INDESIGN TUTORIAL TEACHER!!

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Thank you so much!!

[@thepurpleufo]

Thank you. Yours is the best explanation of this I've found.

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You're welcome! And thank you for the nice compliment!

[@denvasiliev]

Thank you! How to allign text under bullets was my first question. I got a clear answer and even more.

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You're welcome - I'm so happy the video helped!!

[@youcraigtube]

Thanks. I was under a tight deadline and this explained it quickly.

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Awesome - I'm glad it helped!

[@ChristopherPhillipsDev]

3 years ago yet still a help today. Thank you!

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You’re welcome ☺️

[@playpiano2264]

All your videos are unique 💜

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Thank you so much!!

[@fermenteded]

Thank you! This was exactly what I wanted. Straight to the point.

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You're welcome - I'm so glad it helped!!

[@Ramizmehr]

Simple and quick to the point. Thank you!

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[@sann1n]

Well explained, simple solution for my problem, thank You!

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You're welcome! I'm so glad it helped!!

[@vincybadman871]

THANK.YOU. Needlessly complicated on their part, but I appreciate you explaining.

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You're welcome; I'm so glad it helped!!

[@Hpiv6]

excellent trick saved me alot of time thanks

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[@mercury4372]

thumbs up

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Thank you!!

[@MessalaCiulla]

Thanks! Very well explained

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You're welcome...and thank you so much!

[@ebenasare8661]

Oh You have saved me a lot. thanks

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You're welcome - I'm so happy it helped!

[@mauriciovite217]

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for. :)

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You're welcome!

[@CarlsonCollective]

Hello, thank you for this. How do you then make a custom line break to avoid using a hyphen for instance, and not get a new bullet when you do a hard return?

[@CarlsonCollective]

Wow. I just kept digging and learned about a soft vs a hard return. My life is changed.

[@GDHT]

Yes - shift enter/return is great!! :D

[@gavinbevan365]

Great tutorial - this was exactly what I was looking for!

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Thank you! I'm so glad the video helped!! :)

[@sehbanaliakbar9882]

Awesome tutorial, learned a few other tricks along the way too. Thanks!

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You're welcome...and thank you!!

[@freemangrist]

So funny how counter intuitive every aspect of paragraph styles/ bullet formatting is hahah. Just the fact paragraph styles exists throws people off, the fact you can only achieve a bullet list through a PS more so - first time users will look at the massive variety of text formatting options and wonder where the bullet point is - and then finally to have your bullet list PS just look like the standard way a bullet list is aligned you need to know to enter a negative value that is syned to a positive value (neither of which are associated with the variable called "alignment"). Bravo Adobe.

[@GDHT]

It's not too bad once you get used to it. But yes, it could stand to be more intuitive!

[@freemangrist]

@@GDHT I really think Adobe needs to just allow bullet formatting to be done via the properties window just like font style changes. I understand beyond the customizations available in this window (font, format, colour, size etc.) people will want to further customize bullets but let some basic customization tools be available to less experienced users who don't want to sort through the dazzlingly complex paragraph styles tool. Further, bullets should default to the same default they do in every word processor on the market - aligned-under-bullet. It's needlessly opaqe.

[@friendsonly777]

Very nice ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thankyou ❤️

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You're welcome!! 😊

[@rowanrobinson5959]

Thankyou, ive been struggling witht his for more embarrassing years than i want to admit hahah :)

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[@thespecialguy]

it’s helpful Ms.👍

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Thank you!!

[@thespecialguy]

@@GDHT My pleasure 👍

[@jamesxprosper]

Thank you for this!

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[@techgalaxy100]

very helpful...thanks

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You're welcome - I'm glad it was helpful!

[@ashleyd9786]

I love you! Thank u!

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[@TraumaPants]

Thank you!

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[@stephenbstarrdesigninc]

There used to be a key command, Command/forward slash on Mac that would align the second line in a bulleted list automatically. It seems to have gone away. Any ideas what that is now?

[@GDHT]

You're right - that seems to no longer exist in newer versions. InDesign does not currently have a default shortcut to align the second line of bulleted lists (create a hanging indent), and you'd need to use the Paragraph panel to manually set the indent. Unfortunately, Adobe doesn't currently offer a way to assign a shortcut to that either...ugh!!

[@stephenbstarrdesigninc]

I guess getting used to the paragraph attributes interface is the way to go! Many thanks. Your video hit the mark!

[@GDHT]

Yes, it's just so much slower!! I'm glad the video helped (somewhat) :)

[@mikedreeland306]

great tip

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Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@brnmadureira]

Maravilhosa, ajudou demais!

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Obrigada. Eu estou feliz em ouvir isso!!

[@Seyyahun]

Another great video thnx Anne

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Thank you!!

[@senasalcedo286]

Super helpful....thank you very much! I

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You're welcome!

[@abolfazlafshar4241]

hey i have serious problem with numbers and bullets. i am a teacher and i want to make a test with it like below . which country is the biggest? 1)usa 2)canada 3)Russia 4)china i want to create style that adds number plus ) to the word for text.

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For something like that, I would just type the number plus ). And then use a character style to make it bold. You could also set up tabs so your 4 options would be in the same place every time.

[@abolfazlafshar4241]

thanks .

[@jeremyj-k4y]

thank you!!

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[@desisto007]

Thank you!!!!!

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[@christianamitropoulou454]

what can I do if doesnt delete the bullets that are on the gap?

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Christiana Mitropoulou if there are bullets that have been typed in, you’ll need to delete them. You can just do a find and replace.

[@christianamitropoulou454]

Graphic Design How To hi thank you very much for your answer! The thing is it doesnt let me to delete them. If I have spacing between my text it adds the bullets there as well. When I try to delete the bullet it just deletes tha space. If I press enter to create space again it creates the bullet too 🤷‍♀️ So I am lost. Not sure that I understood this find and replace thing.

[@GDHT]

Christiana Mitropoulou oh ok I understand now. Try hitting Shift Enter or Shift Return and see if that helps.

[@christianamitropoulou454]

Graphic Design How To alright thank you for your answer :)

[@roncablagalag816]

Thanks 5 star

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Thank you so much!!

[@steeleplatt5301]

I love your vid but...Paste what, and "do a find" I dunno how to do that lol

[@GDHT]

Yes it goes a bit fast right there! Basically you'll highlight the bullet area and copy, then do a Find and Replace (CMD F or CTRL F), and then paste into the Find section. Copy = CMD C or CTRL C, Paste = CMD V or CTRL V. These older videos move a bit too quickly in my opinion, but you can always go back to what you missed or replay at 1/2 speed. :)

[@rush2004]

Great tut but it would be nicer if you can zoom the page closer so it would be easier for us to see it 🥸

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@@rush2004 I’ve been looking into zoom plugins but can’t find anything that seems super easy to use. Any ideas?

[@rush2004]

@@GDHT what i mean is zoom in ur screen while recording so the page can be easily view while following ur instructions - currently is just a bit far to see clearly the steps ur doing. Just idea for your future vid 😁

[@GDHT]

@ ok! I will definitely try to do more of that.! But a good plugin will be great if I can find one. I’ll keep looking!

[@michelleveysey3134]

Thank you!

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[@priscillabaek8270]

thank you!!

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