Bulleted Lists in Text Boxes?

Hi all,
Apologies if this has been asked before - I've searched but to no avail.
Can one, in a text document, have a bulleted list in a text box? I've tried, but when the text to be bulleted in the text box is selected, the toolbar and the 'Format' drop-down menu changes and the 'Bullets On/Off' button is not available.
I've tried customising the toolbars (which I feel I shouldn't have to do anyway), but this doesn't work. I've tried to cut and paste in bulletted points from normal text (which I feel I shouldn't have to do either) but this doesn't work either.
Any suggestions, or is this a bug/feature?
With thanks,
Sean.

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