You can add and customise bulleted or numbered lists in Google Docs and Slides. You can also add checklists in Google Docs.
Add a list
- On your computer, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Slides.
- Click a page or slide where you want to add a list.
- In the toolbar, choose a list type. If you can't find the option, click More .
- Numbered list
- Bulleted list
- Checklist (Google Docs only)
- Optional:
- To start a list inside a list, press Tab on your keyboard. The new list will be indented.
- To go back to the main list, press Enter twice on your keyboard.
Edit a list
You can change the bullet type, indents, prefixes and suffixes of a list.
Change list type & colour
Change list type
- On your computer, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Slides.
- Click on a number, bullet or tick box (Google Docs only).
- At the top, click Format Bullets and numbering.
- Choose a new bullet type:
- List options: To make a custom bullet, click More bullets.
- Numbered list
- Bulleted list
- Checklist: Create a checklist with or without strikethrough.
Change list colour
- On your computer, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Slides.
- Click on a number, bullet or tick box (Google Docs only).
- In the toolbar, click Text colour .
- Select a colour.
Docs & Slides: Restart a numbered list
- On your computer, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Slides.
- Double-click the first number.
- At the top, click Format Bullets & numbering.
- Select List options Restart numbering.
- Enter a new start number for your list.
- Click OK.
Docs: Continue a numbered list
- On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
- Double-click the first number.
- At the top, click Format Bullets & numbering.
- Select List options Continue previous numbering.
- Click OK.
Change indents
Add a hanging indent
With a hanging indent, everything except the first line is indented.
Google Docs
- On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
- Highlight the text you want to indent.
- In the menu at the top, click Format Align & indent Indentation options.
- Under 'Special indent,' choose 'Hanging'.
- Optional: In the box next to 'Hanging', change the size of the indent.
- Click Apply.
Google Slides
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- Highlight the text you want to indent.
- In the menu at the top, click Format Format options.
- On the right, click Text fitting.
- Under 'Special indent', choose 'Hanging'.
- Optional: Under 'By', change the size of the indent.
Add space around text in Google Slides
You can change the space between text and the edge of a text box on a slide.
- On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
- Highlight the text you want to change.
- In the menu at the top, click Format Format options.
- On the right, click Text fitting.
- Under 'Padding', make your changes.