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How to format bullet point in after effects?

kerfirkerfir
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Jan 18, 2020 Jan 18, 2020

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Hi, I would like to add in a text with bullet point, but I cant seem to get it with the right formatting. I did attempt to format it in illustrator (using tabs and paragraph spacing) before copying and pasting, but to no avail. anyone knows how? 

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Mylenium
LEGEND , Jan 18, 2020 Jan 18, 2020

AE doesn't support any specific list formatting. You have to manualyl construct it from multiple text layers and/ or using lots of spaces and custom kerning.

 

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Roland Kahlenberg
Valorous Hero , Mar 22, 2021 Mar 22, 2021

This should work -

 

str = text.sourceText;
bullet = str.split("\r");
numBullets = bullet.length;
newStr = "";
for(i = 1; i < numBullets; i++) {
bullet[i] = "• " + bullet[i];
newStr = newStr + bullet[i] + "\r";
}
str.split("\r")[0] + "\r" + newStr

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donb61450245
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Jun 07, 2024 Jun 07, 2024

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Thanks for keeping it simple.

 

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accamerer
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Jun 07, 2024 Jun 07, 2024

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UR welcome. It's the least I can do.
...and I'm always good for the very least I can do. Lol.

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NemoRoman
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Jan 10, 2024 Jan 10, 2024

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You'll have to format manually, but simply typing a bullet point (on a Mac, Option + 8), or copy-pasting one, worked for me.

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Waylen23354673av14
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Feb 17, 2024 Feb 17, 2024

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How did it come to this where we have to have 2 Adobe Community pages of work-arounds to solve a problem that was solved by Powerpoint 10 years ago and powerpoint sucks which I hope we all agree. Please Adobe, just be marginally as good as Powerpoint.

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Nabeel35725796y7yy
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Feb 27, 2024 Feb 27, 2024

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Easy way , write the text in Adobe Illustrator n copy paste

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Feb 18, 2025 Feb 18, 2025

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Copy paste a text format bullet point here >    ( • ) 

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