{"id":2761,"date":"2021-10-13T06:05:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/?p=2761"},"modified":"2021-10-13T06:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:06:58","slug":"what-is-a-bulleted-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-a-bulleted-list\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Bulleted List?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Bulleted List<\/strong> is a list made with a typographical bullet symbol or bullet point (\u2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Point 1<\/li><li>Point 2<\/li><li>Point 3&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These typographical symbols or glyphs are used in web design to introduce items in a list. They are also used to highlight those items by making them stand out from a page containing a blog, article, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/landing-page-builder\/\"   title=\"landing page\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">landing page<\/a>, or other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to create a Bulleted List?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The bullet symbol may take diverse shapes, such as square, diamond, arrow, circular, or diamond. Conventional word processor software offers a wide choice of colors and shapes. However, suppose bullet characters are not available, such as in ASCII-only text or other environments. In that case, one can use a regular symbol, such as * (asterisk), &#8211; (hyphen), . (period), and even o (lowercase Latin letter O). Once, the index symbol \u261e (representing a hand with a pointing index finger) was popular for similar uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been different ways to encode bullet points in computer systems. For example, the HTML element name for a bulleted list is \u201cunordered list,\u201d as the list items are not in numerical order (as they would be in a numbered list). Therefore, bullet points typically list items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulleted List Use Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is common to see bulleted lists in WordPress&nbsp;<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/library\/\"   title=\"themes\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">themes<\/a> and the latest web designs. Text editors, like Microsoft Word, also use them to create lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example uses include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lists<\/li><li>Technical writing<\/li><li>Presentations<\/li><li>Reference works<\/li><li>Notes<\/li><li>Footer menu<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An alternative is the numbered list:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lists<\/li><li>Technical writing<\/li><li>Presentations<\/li><li>Reference works<\/li><li>Notes<\/li><li>Footer menu<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Designers can also use bullets to hide confidential information or passwords. For example, the credit card number 1234 5678 9876 1234 could be shown as \u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022 \u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022 \u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022 1234.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also of note is that each item with a bullet may be a short phrase, single sentence, or paragraph length.<br>If the items in a bulleted list comprise one or more full sentences, each article should end with a full stop.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bulleted List is a list made with typographical bullet symbols or bullet points. 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