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one of the many bullet designs from the Online Content Catalog. Create a simple circle
using the ELLIPSE TOOL for example, give it a fill and copy it to the clipboard. Then
highlight the list you want to apply the style to using the TEXT TOOL. Right click the list
and choose PASTE AS LIST BULLET from the menu. The design will now appear as a bullet
for each of the list items.

For a numbered list it's exactly the same procedure except you select or group a text
item with your graphic and then select PASTE AS LIST NUMBER to replace all the numbers
or text items in your list. The text object in the group is used to show the number.

Both paste options are also available within the LIST PROPERTIES dialog (Right click the
list and choose the LIST PROPERTIES... option and select REPLACE FROM CLIPBOARD).

(Note that you cannot currently use graphical bullets and numbers with List text styles
(on page 265) - you'll receive a warning prompt if you try)

Text Styles

TEXT STYLES are a powerful way to alter the appearance of text throughout a document
with a few clicks.

A TEXT STYLE is a named collection of attributes, such as font, size, color, line spacing
and other text attributes. For example, the main heading at the top of this document
might have a style called ‘Heading 1’, whereas the smaller sub-headings could have a
style called ‘Heading 2’.

By updating the definition of ‘Heading 2’, say, to be a different font, then every similar
heading throughout the document will be updated instantly.

Similarly the main text, sometimes called the ‘body text’ of a document is also a particular
style, which Designer Pro calls the "Normal text" style. By updating that style to be, say,
12 point Times New Roman, then all "Normal text" throughout the document can be
changed in one go, without having to select and apply the same font change over and
over again.