Bullets and Numbering: Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint

Created: Friday, June 7, 2019, posted by Geetesh at 1:44 pm

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Imagine that you have a long numbered list that forms the content within your PowerPoint slide. Now, it is not uncommon for slides to have numbered lists that comprise twenty lines, and that is singularly unfortunate because even if members of your audience have perfect eyesight, they won’t be able to read the teeny-weeny sized text!

And let us face the fact that too much text is downright boring, and nowadays any sort of bulleted or numbered lists seem to signify a poorly designed slide. One approach you can take to combat this problem is by dividing your list across multiple slides, but even then, PowerPoint may default to numbering your lists at 1 on each slide. What if you want your lists to start at 6, 11, or 16! Luckily, that is an easier problem to resolve.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint 2016

Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint 2013

Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint 365

Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint 2016

Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint 2011

Start or Restart Numbering for Lists in PowerPoint

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