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Turn Microsoft Office Online featured links on or off
Microsoft Office Online featured links are your source of up-to-date
information from Microsoft Office Online that will help you increase your
productivity with Microsoft Office Visio and provide you with the answers to
questions frequently asked about Visio. Microsoft is constantly responding
to customer feedback, and these featured links are the best way to get new
and updated information about Visio from within the program. These links
appear on the Getting Started and the Visio Help task panes. Visio will only
access information from Microsoft Office Online when you are connected to
the Internet.
1.. On the Help menu, click Microsoft Office Visio Help.
2.. Under See also in the Visio Help task pane, click Online Content
Settings.
3.. In the Service Options dialog box, select or clear the Show Microsoft
Office Online featured links check box.
The Show content and links for Office Online check box must be selected
before you can select the Show Microsoft Office Online featured links check
box.
Notes
This setting applies to all of your Office programs.
The display of Microsoft Office Online featured links will not change in any
open Office program until you close the program and then start it again.
Create a bulleted list
1.. Double-click a shape, and then select an existing list. Or type a new
list, and then select it.
2.. Right-click the list text, and then click Bullets.
To remove bullets from a paragraph, right-click the text, and then click
Bullets.
To change the bullet graphic, on the Format menu, click Text, and then
click the Bullets tab. Click the bullet you want or type a custom bullet,
and then click OK.
Note You can also quickly apply or remove the current bullet style to a
text block or select text by clicking the Bullets button on the Format Text
toolbar.