Help shows example: Bullet 1 Bullet 2 how do I define Bullet 2 as the last item in the list? The Help example shows it as above and then shows "Bullet end (fin)", but it doesn't explain "Bullet end (fin)". I entered this line as <SHIFT>ENTER, thinking it might end the bulleted list, but that just adds it to the paragraph instead of as another bulleted line

In Word, the last item in a bulleted list is defined simply by ending the list, not by marking a specific bullet as “last.” The “Bullet end (fin)” text in the Help example is just explanatory text, not a Word feature. To end the bulleted list after “Bullet 2” and continue with normal text: Type Bullet 1 , press Enter. Type Bullet 2 , press Enter. Press Enter again on the empty bulleted line. Word ends the list and moves the cursor to a normal (non‑bulleted) paragraph. If starting from existing text: Select the lines to be bullets. On the Home tab, in Paragraph , select Bullets . Each line becomes a bullet. Press Enter twice after the last bullet to end the list. Shift+Enter inserts a line break inside the same bullet, so it will not end the list. References: Add bullets to text to make a list in Word for the web How do I create a list in Word for the web? Create a bulleted or numbered list in Word for Mac

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Bullet 1
Bullet 2 how do I define Bullet 2 as the last item in the list? The Help example shows it as above and then shows "Bullet end (fin)", but it doesn't explain "Bullet end (fin)".
I entered this line as <SHIFT>ENTER, thinking it might end the bulleted list, but that just adds it to the paragraph instead of as another bulleted line

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In Word, the last item in a bulleted list is defined simply by ending the list, not by marking a specific bullet as “last.” The “Bullet end (fin)” text in the Help example is just explanatory text, not a Word feature.

To end the bulleted list after “Bullet 2” and continue with normal text:

Type Bullet 1, press Enter.
Type Bullet 2, press Enter.
Press Enter again on the empty bulleted line. Word ends the list and moves the cursor to a normal (non‑bulleted) paragraph.

If starting from existing text:

Select the lines to be bullets.
On the Home tab, in Paragraph, select Bullets. Each line becomes a bullet.
Press Enter twice after the last bullet to end the list.

Shift+Enter inserts a line break inside the same bullet, so it will not end the list.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Since you seem to be asking how to do this here in Q&A and not in Word as the AI assumes: After typing the text for #2, press Enter. You will get #3, but just press the Numbering button again to turn it off.

This is the first bullet point
This is the second.

This is a new paragraph that was numbered 3 until I turned numbering off.

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