The middle dot (a.k.a. interpunct) is often used as a list separator, or in e.g. dictionaries for separating parts of a word (though in Unicode that is technically a different, but most often identical looking character: ‧).

Add or set tab stops with customized alignment and dot or line leaders. 365 Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac Outlook for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word for the web Word. To create dot leaders, on the Home tab, click Paragraph, Tabs, and type the position where you want page numbers to begin (we recommend 6'). Then click Alignment - Decimal, Dot Leader - 2, Set and then OK. On the page, type the chapter title or section heading, then press the Tab key. At the end of the dot leaders, type the page number. Apple Pages is full of tips and tricks. One of them is the ability to add special characters and symbols in the document. Read the post to see how to insert that and other hacks of the Pages app.

To produce a middle dot character:

Windows

Alt0183 (on the numerical keyboard, with Num lock on)

OS X

⌥ Opt. or
⌥ Opt⇧ Shift. or
⌥ Opt⇧ Shift9 (depending on keyboard layout)

Linux

AltGr. or
⎄ Compose^. or
Ctrl⇧ Shiftu00b7⏎ Return (or Space)

HTML

· · ·

L^aT_eX

textperiodcentered

Unicode

U+00B7

Similar characters: hyphenation point, ‧ (separating parts of a word in e.g. a dictionary); multiplication sign, ⋅; Greek interpunct (άνω τελεία, áno teleía), ·; bullet, •; Japanese interpunct (中黒, nakaguro), ・

How to insert bullet between words in a Word document?

Insert Dot Leaders In Word Mac

May be it is easy for us to insert a list of bullets before the text in a Word document, but, if you need to insert the bullet between words in a line, how could you do?

Insert bullet between words in Word document by inserting symbol feature

The normal Symbol feature in Word can help you to insert the bullet between words, please do as this:

1. Put the cursor at the place where you want to insert the bullet, and then click Insert > Symbol > More Symbol, see screenshot:

2. In the Symbol dialog box, choose the bullet symbol that you want to insert, see screenshot:

3. And then, click Insert button, the selected bullet will be inserted between the words, see screenshot:

Insert bullet between words in Word document by using shortcut keys

If you are familiar with the shortcut keys, the below shortcut keys also can help you, please do as this:

1. Click where you want to insert the bullet, and then press Alt key, and type the number of desired symbol from the numeric keyboard of below screenshot shown:

2. And then, the specified bullet has been inserted between the words, see screenshot:

Dot Leaders In Word 2010

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