• cool!
On Dec 14, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Esther wrote:
I should probably add, if I want to type bulleted items in general,
without having to resort to a list environment or TextEdit, I do it
the way that Tim Kilburn does by just pressing Option+8:
• Here's a first bulleted item
• And here's another
• Just hold down the "Option" and "8" keys simultaneously to
generate a bullet symbol
• You can even put your bullets (•) in the middle of a line
For any list readers who are interested, you can type special
characters, symbols, and accent marks by holding down the option key
along with other characters. Try out combinations in TextEdit. For
example, you can generate the Apple symbol by pressing down the
Option, Shift, and K keys. This was the subject of discussion back
in March for people who wanted to type accents. You can either
handle this by changing to the input keyboard for a language that
regularly uses these accents (e.g. Spanish, French, German, etc.)
and find the accents on the regular keyboard (with some letters and
accents in possibly different places from a U.S. keyboard), or you
can extend the U.S./U.K./Canadian/Australian etc. keyboard
combinations by holding down the Option key with other keys to
generate these symbols.
HTH.
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 14, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi David,
This is actually in the TextEdit help. Type in your list, select
all items in the list, then apply the lists selection option
(bullets, numbers, etc.) from the popup button on the ruler. Here
are the instructions pasted from the help:
To create a list:
Type your list, pressing Return at the end of each list item.
Select the list, then choose a bullet or number from the Lists pop-
up menu. To customize a bullet or number, choose Other.
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:34 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
Hello all,
What is the science behind creating lists in text edit? I've
looked at the dialog and picked my bulet, but it only appears on
the first item.
Thanks!
