Keyboard Shortcuts - A handy tip!
The Dashboard window has a fairly complete text editor toolbar which lets you edit/change font, color, align text, line space, paragraph indention, add symbols, spell check and a number of other things. It also lets you add bulleted and numbered lists.
All of these editing features can also be found under the Edit menu in the Dashboard window along with their respective keyboard shortcuts. The keyboard shortcuts typically correspond with the same shortcuts you use in Microsoft Word.
GOOD TIP: The keyboard shortcut for bullets actually lets you extend the function of the toolbar item itself from a plain bulleted list to a lettered or numbered list. Just press and hold down Cntrl Shift and then keep pressing L to toogle through the variations of list types available, anything from 1, A, a, I, i.