Editing effects of mutliple layers

Hi guys,
Can someone please tell me how I go about editing the effects of multiple layers from the one effect dialog? Can it be done.
Say I have 20 bullet points, and I would like to change their color all at one time, anyway to do it without pasting to every layer?
Any help would be great

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