How do I align bullets?

It sounds like you are using the bullet icons and then setting the indent in the paragraph. Instead,  set the indents in the numbering: Put the  cursor in the first bullet in the series.  Right click and choose align list indents .  Set the values a you choose.  From now on, in this document, clicking the  bullet icon  or pressing return t the end of a bullet item should  give you the indent you want. 

If you are using bulleted user-defined styles,  do the same thing, be sure to remove the indents from the paragraph setting, and with the cursor in the  revised bulleted paragraph, update the style to match the selection.  This last will add the bullet settings to the style settings.  You can revise the indents for Word's built-in List Bullet styles the same way.

If you are using a multilevel list, modify the indents by defining a new multilevel list.

Pam

Word is supposed to do that "automatically". Unfortunately, sometimes Word gets "confused".

The simplest fix is to just type in you full list, without bullets, then when you are finished the list, select the whole list and apply bullets. That way they should all look alike.

FYI, when word starts getting "confused" I start to get concerned it may be a symptom of a document file that is starting to be corrupted. That being said, since you are probably using DOCX format which, in theory, is supposed to be less susceptible to corruption.

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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/learn-where-menu-and-toolbar-commands-are-in-office-2010-HA101794130.aspx - Silverlight applets Mapping 2003 menu to 2010 ribbon for all Office apps.

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See the following links on how to create a style in Word that will allow you to insert consistently indented bullets:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/QandA2007.htm

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-create-a-style-based-on-formatted-text-in-w.seriesId-76383.html