How to change the character/symbol used for bullet points in Word document?

Syncfusion Essential DocIO is a .NET Core Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or Interop dependencies. Using this library, you can change the character/symbol used for bullet points in the Word document in C#.

Steps to change the character/symbol used for bullet points in the Word document:

1. Create a new C# .NET Core console application project.
2. Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Core applications from NuGet.org.
3. Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file:

C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;

4. Use the following code example to change the character/symbol used for bullet points in the Word document:

C#

//Open the file as a stream.
using (FileStream inputStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Input.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
    //Load the file stream into a Word document.
    using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputStream, FormatType.Docx))
    {
        //Access the list style in a Word document.
        ListStyle style = document.ListStyles[0];
        WListLevel levelOne = style.Levels[0];
        //Define the character and pattern for level 1.
        levelOne.PatternType = ListPatternType.Bullet;
        levelOne.BulletCharacter = "\u0076";
        levelOne.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Wingdings";
        //Create a file stream.
        using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Sample.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
        {
            //Save the Word document to the file stream.
            document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
        }
    }
}

A complete working sample to change the character/symbol used for bullet points in the Word document in C# can be downloaded from GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the Output document as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find basic Word document processing options along with the features like mail merge, merge and split documents, find and replace text in the Word document, protect the Word documents, and most importantly, the PDF and Image conversions with code examples.

Explore more about the rich set of Syncfusion Word Framework features.

See Also:

How to insert different document as OLE object in the Word document

How to find list of used fonts in the Word document

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to change the character/symbol used for bullet points in Word document.

You can refer to our .NET Core Word library’s feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our .NET Core Word library example to understand how to present and manipulate data. 

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