remove bullets in Mail

Edward wrote:

The solution you've provided does not remove all the bullets. It *does* remove one bullet but then leaves the newly non-bulleted item indented with no way to un-indent (dedent?)

Please don't quote a long block of text; already read the thread, thanks. Fairly obviously that Mail doesn't have a means of removing an entire bulleted list.

I pointed out that elvines had already provided a partial solution that got lost in the noise. For me, his technique removes both the bullet and the indent, and it works by using [fn + delete], not just the [delete] key on its own.

If that doesn't work for you, then there's another issue going on that is specific to you.

Edward, any luck finding a solution? I also have the "issue [that is] specific to [you]."

The "cntrl + return" produces the same results you describe -- bullet gone but item still indented. Combining this with the "fn+delete" just adds the bullet back.

The double hard return doesn't end a bulleted list for me unless the paragraph below the bullet has not been formated -- indented or a bulleted paragraph.

Hightlight the list where you want to remove the bullets. Cut the highlighted section. Click on a line that is unformated with bullets. Paste using "Paste and match style" which is under Edit

CT,

you previously solved a problem with a keyboard symbols not matching the keys and the caps lock working the opposite - how do you solve this problem? help, my computer is nuts! MacBook Air and only 90 days old!

I tried to find a solution for this already some years ago - but could not find anything.

It is ridiculous that Apple comes up with such a functionality which cannot be undone.

Very frustrating.

It seems those developers do not evey use their own applications for commercial purposes - they probably use Outlook instead...

PS - the only solution I have is to copy the text in the bullet list

then go below to a line without bullet list and past it by using the "past and match style" command.

then delete the bullet line... easy?

Press command and then return twice.

I have this same exact problem and yokohama HIT IT SPOT ON!! Although command and then return twice didnt work for me, I pressed option (alt) and then return and presto! I went to the next line without any further bullets AND the cursor indented back to the far left.

Thanks yokohama.

Thanks,

While this (or the option/alt for some) will END a bulleted list, there still is no simple/elegant solution to REMOVE bullets from an existing list nor 'break' a list between the first or last bullet line if you wish to insert non-bulleted text (or 'demote' bulleted lines between same.

Other than the copy/cut and paste special dance described earlier.

Basically this whole list chain exists because Mail doesn't let you to un-indent you way out of the list function. Which is a pretty common feature in rich text editors most of us have used elsewhere.

I know how to stop the bullet list, this is not the issue.

The issue that I face often is that I write up a bullet list but then decide that some text is not required in the bullet list anzmore but would like to use the text in the normal part text instead.

Hence I want to turn a line on the bullet list into a normal line instead.

Initial

• Text Row 1
• Text Row 2
• Text Row 3

Intended change:

• Text Row 1
• Text Row 2

Text Row 3

and this I could only achieve but cut/past match style

If you want to change Text Row 3 as above.

Highlight Text Row 3

Press Return

Press Paste

Yes.

Hi all,

I believe, having run into this problem myself this morning, that the solution is as follows:

• Make the relevant bulleted line the last line in the list (see below).
• Select the whole line (see below).
• Select "Decrease indent" from the Format > Indentation menu (or hit "⌘[").

To select the whole line, triple-click anywhere in the line.

To make the line the last line in bulleted list, move the cursor to the end of the line and hit "Return" twice.

TR