How do you customise bullet points?

I know exactly what you mean Gail. I have created a custom shape to use as a bullet point - it's fine to use as an imported graphic when I only need a small number of bullets, but I have the same problem as you, and have multiple bullet points that require this custom shape that would be time consuming to cut and paste - I want to add this custom shape as a bullet in the Bullets and Numbering window but InDesign does not provide this option.

The only way to get a bullet point that is not a dot is to use a shape from a font, at this stage there's no way to do it from a graphic.

Also I have documents that don't have pre-existing typed bullet points and I format bullet text using the Paragraph Style Options > Bullets and Numbering, so find and replace isn't an option.

Adobe please give us this feature in the next update - it will be loved by all graphic designers and finished artists - your primary market!

Hi

Unless you want to 'fudge it' by pasting the graphic into the list as an inline shape (less than ideal) the bullets need to be part of a font. You can generate font "signatures" - exactly what you are after - with SigMaker 3 from FontLabs.

Once you've created a signature install the font, and then in your paragraph style that you're using for the list, add the glyph from your new font.

http://www.fontlab.com/font-utility/sigmaker/

(please note that this product does not work with osx Lion)

To me the simplest way to do this is copy your text into word then insert your bullets/numbers or whatever then recopy from word and paste into Illustrator. Hope this helps.

Don't understand the question, do you want to convert bullet points to numbers?

I have no idea what you mean by "branded bullet points". Are these graphics? Are these from a custom font? What exactly are you talking about?

How have you done this in CS3?

Can you give an example?

Shoudl work the same way.