
If you run a business, agency, or sales team, your world is built in Google Sheets: lead notes, campaign ideas, meeting takeaways, next steps. Without structure, every tab turns into a gray wall of text that nobody actually reads. Bullet points change that. They turn long sentences into bite‑sized actions, make priorities scannable, and help teammates land on the same page in seconds.
The catch is that Sheets treats bullets like a workaround. You juggle keyboard shortcuts, custom number formats, or formulas just to keep lists readable. That overhead adds up fast when you maintain client trackers, content calendars, or sales pipelines at scale.
This is where delegating bullets to an AI computer agent makes sense. Instead of re‑teaching every teammate the tiny tricks, you teach the workflow once, let the agent apply bullets across files and accounts, and keep humans focused on interpreting the data instead of wrestling with formatting.
Handing bullet formatting to a Simular AI computer agent turns a hundred tiny clicks into a background process. The agent opens Google Sheets, applies your preferred bullet style, cleans messy imports, and standardizes columns across workbooks. You get consistent, on‑brand lists without context switching, while the agent quietly handles repetitive edits in the background, run on demand or from your existing data pipelines.
You can absolutely add bullet points in Google Sheets by hand. But if you are running a business, agency, or sales team, you quickly hit the ceiling: too many tabs, too many lists, and not enough time to keep them readable.
Below are the most useful manual methods, followed by how a Simular AI computer agent can take over and apply bullets at scale.
Use this when you are working in just a few cells.
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Use this when each row is a record and you want a mini checklist in one cell (for example, lead notes or next steps for a client).
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This is the best option when you want bullets across an entire range.
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Sheets will now show a bullet before whatever text is in each cell.
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If your data is coming from imports or formulas, use CHAR.
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This pulls text from A2, prefixes it with a bullet and a space, and outputs a clean list.
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Manual methods work well when you are personally inside a single spreadsheet. But if you are:
With Simular Pro, you can create an AI computer agent that uses your desktop the way a teammate would:
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The pattern is simple: use manual methods when you are experimenting in a single document. When bullet formatting becomes a recurring chore across teams and clients, let a Simular AI computer agent own the clicks, so you can own the strategy.
For quick, one‑off bullets, use keyboard shortcuts. On Windows with a numeric keypad, double‑click the cell, place your cursor, then hold Alt and press 7 to insert • and type your text. On Mac, double‑click the cell, press Option + 8 to insert a bullet, then type. This is ideal for short lists or when you only need bullets in a handful of cells.
To build a mini checklist inside a single Google Sheets cell, start by double‑clicking the cell. On Windows, press Alt + 7 for a bullet, type your first item, then press Alt + Enter to create a new line. Repeat bullet plus text as needed. On Mac, use Option + 8 for the bullet and Control + Enter for new lines. This is great for compact lead or project notes.
Yes. Enter your text normally, then select the column or range. Open the Format menu, choose Number, then More formats, then Custom number format. In the box, type: • @ and click Apply. Every selected cell will display a bullet followed by its content, without changing the underlying data. New cells in that range will also show bullets as you type.
When your data already comes from formulas or imports, create a helper column. In the first cell of that column, use a formula like =CHAR(8226) & " " & A2, where A2 is the original text. Fill or drag the formula down. This prepends a bullet and space to each entry. You can then display that helper column in dashboards or reports while keeping raw data unchanged.
A Simular AI computer agent can reproduce your exact workflow: opening Google Sheets, selecting ranges, applying custom number formats or shortcuts, and skipping headers. You first demonstrate the process once. The agent stores every action as transparent steps. After that, you trigger it on new files or from your pipelines, and it standardizes bullets across tabs and workbooks while your team focuses on analysis, not formatting.