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How do I Recover the Old Bullet Library?

KCA 40 Reputation points
2025-12-10T17:10:13.07+00:00

re: Word for Mac 16.1, MacOS Sequoia 15.6.

The bullet library on my version of Word suddenly disappeared and reverted to the most basic bullets. (see images). How do I recover the standard bullet library? I've tried opening old templates and documents, and even when there are bullets in the document, they don't show up in the "bullet library" in the drop down menu.

This is what I'm seeing now:

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This is what I used to see:

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Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | MacOS
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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 430.1K Reputation points
    2025-12-10T21:15:50.48+00:00

    Most importantly, the cited versions of both macOS & Office are seriously behind on updates. The present release of Sequoia is 15.7.2 & 16.103.4 is the current build of Office. Before attempting to troubleshoot anything it would be best to bring everything to a current status.

    However, what you are seeing is the current variety of standard bullet styles. Microsoft reduced the number of choices provided in the Ribbon quite some time ago. Custom bullet styles still can be defined. However, what you are referring remains availav]ble by going to Format> Bullets and Numbering in the main menu.

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