automate bullet points

[Muhammad Sattar]

Hi everyone, I’m working on a lead magnet layout in InDesign and need help automating FontAwesome bullet points. Each line starts with “Not this:” or “But this:”,  both use a Character Style (bold and colored) and  followed by normal body text on the same line. I want to add a FontAwesome bullet point at the start of each line automatically, without manually typing it every time.

I tried using Paragraph Styles, but the bullet formatting applies to the entire line, affecting the “Not this / But this” text and body copy as well. Is there a way to automate just the bullet symbol?

example format: 

Resilience
For when rejection or failure starts to feel personal.

Not this: ‘Rejection is a sign that I should stop.’
But this: ‘Rejection is part of the process, not proof of failure.’

Not this: ‘If I were really good, it wouldn’t be this hard.’
But this:‘It’s hard because I’m learning the thing by doing the thing.’

Not this: ‘My book tanked — I’m a total failure.’
But this: ‘Most careers build slowly. Would I really want my first book to be my best one?’

Not this: ‘I can’t handle another no.’
But this: ‘It’s okay to hate the no’s — just remember, most of the time you only need one yes.’

[Willi Adelberger]

1. Create a character style for the awesome symbols.
2. Create 2 paragraph styles, bullets use the character style, the paragraph the normal font.
3. Use next style for each. paragraph style the other style.

[Barb Binder]

Hi @Muhammad Sattar:

I may need a screen shot. This is my interpretation of your description: you want character style on the bullet, a different character style of the Not this|But this and then regular text? Either I'm missing the point of the question or this is what you are asking for, which is working for me.

~Barb

[Muhammad Sattar]

Hi @Barb Binder Thanks for your response. i want something like this in image 

[Mike Witherell]

This would be 2 paragraph styles that cooperate under Bullets and Numbering with 2 character styles (that provide the icon bullet. Notice that you can have Text After where you would type Not this^t (and in the 2nd style But this^t)