Automated lists, backspace to undo autocorrections in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings
September 16th, 2014 | Published in Google Docs, Google Apps
In Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings, we will now automatically turn on bulleted or numbered list mode when we detect that a person wants to make a list based on what was typed as the first visible character in a paragraph.
For example, if an asterisk [*] or hyphen [-] is typed as the first visible character, followed by the space bar, it would be automatically be turned into a bulleted list without the person having to press a shortcut or toolbar/menu button. Typing ‘1)’ or ‘a.’ followed by the space bar would turn into a numbered list, as would other permutations like I., (A), etc.
The automated lists feature will be defaulted on, but users will be able to disable it in Tools -> Preferences.
Coupled with this launch, pressing the backspace button immediately after any autocorrection, including automated lists, will undo it. For example, if a person types ‘(c)’ and the autocorrect system converts it to the copyright symbol ‘©’, pressing backspace immediately after it will revert it back to ‘(c)’.
Release track:
Rapid release and Scheduled release
For more information:
Format bulleted and numbered lists
Spell-check and automatic correctionsNote: all launches are applicable to all Google Apps editions unless otherwise noted
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