Putting a blank line in a bulleted list in Word

This week's tip is suggested by subscriber Bill C. and it looks at a useful feature when working with bulleted and numbered lists in Word.

As you probably know, when you have bullets turned on and you press Enter, Word automatically gives you a new line with another bullet.

But what do you do if you do not want the new line to have a bullet?  For instance, you want your bulleted list to look like this:

First item
Second item

Third item
 
The answer is to use Shift+Enter. 

In the example above, when you have keyed in Second item, press Shift+Enter.  Word gives you a blank line without a bullet.  Then press Enter, a bullet appears and you key in Third item.  This is also useful if you want an item in the bulleted (or numbered) list to have several paragraphs.  Keep using Shift+Enter to give you a new line, until you are ready for the next bullet and then press Enter.

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