Ampler’s Fix bullets resets a text box’s bullets to the style defined in the slide master, correcting the stray characters, sizes, and indents that creep in from pasted or edited content.
Quick answer: Select the text box, then click Fix bullets on the Ampler ribbon. The bullet characters, sizes, colours, and indentation snap back to the slide master’s definition.
How to use it
Select the text box, then Fix bullets to reset to the master style.
- Click to select the text box.
- Click Fix bullets on the Ampler ribbon.
The bullets revert to the slide master’s defined characters, sizes, colours, and indentation.
Keyboard shortcut
Fix bullets has no default shortcut. To assign one, open the Settings dropdown on the Ampler ribbon, choose Shortcuts, click Set shortcut on the function, and press your key combination.
Why use it
Bullets drift out of style easily: text pasted from another deck or from Word brings its own bullet characters and indents, and manual edits leave sizes and colours inconsistent. Realigning them by hand through the paragraph and bullet dialogs is fiddly. Fix bullets re-applies the slide master’s definition to the whole text box at once, so the list matches the template again.
How consultants use it
Bulleted lists are the backbone of a consulting slide, so their formatting is expected to be identical everywhere — inconsistent bullets are exactly the kind of detail a partner review flags. Because content is constantly pasted and reordered, resetting to the master is routine. Three habits apply:
- The master is the single source of truth: bullet style is defined once in the slide master, and every list is expected to match it rather than carry its own formatting.
- Reset pasted content on arrival: lists brought in from other decks or Word are snapped back to the master before the slide is considered done.
- Consistency signals rigour: uniform bullets across a 60-slide deck read as care, which is part of why the analysis is trusted.
Fix bullets enforces the master’s definition in one click instead of a manual pass through the bullet dialogs.
Tips & best practices
- Run Fix bullets after pasting a list from another deck or from Word.
- Make sure the slide master’s bullet style is set the way you want — it’s the definition Fix bullets applies.
- Use Scan & Fix for a deck-wide check once individual lists are corrected.
Availability
Included in Ampler for PowerPoint and the Ampler Suite, on Windows desktop PowerPoint.
Frequently asked questions
How do you fix inconsistent bullets in PowerPoint?
Select the text box and click Fix bullets on the Ampler ribbon. Ampler resets the bullet characters, sizes, colours, and indentation to the style defined in the slide master.
How do you make bullet points match the slide master?
Ampler’s Fix bullets re-applies the slide master’s bullet definition to the selected text box in one click, so the list matches the template.
Why do bullets look different after pasting text in PowerPoint?
Pasted text brings its own bullet characters, sizes, and indents. Fix bullets discards those and restores the slide master’s defined bullet style.
Is there a keyboard shortcut for Fix bullets?
There is no default shortcut, but you can assign one in the Ampler Settings → Shortcuts.