If I copy/paste a bulleted list (made, as far as I can see, with the [Bullets] button rather than by typing • \t every time) into a text editor or another app, the bullets come along with the text as though they were literal characters.

Is there a handy "copy text only" option that would prevent this, or should I just unbullet the list, copy it and ctrl+Z to put the bulleting back?

In "More Commands," "Advanced," under "Cut, copy, and paste," uncheck the box that says, "Keep bullets and numbers when pasting text with Keep Text Only option." Then, when you paste, choose "Keep Text Only" from the paste options in the pull-down menu. I tend to use your latter method of temporarily turning off the bullets, because more often I am pasting into another application than Word.

Well, I think I might be excused for not finding that :-} thanks for the pointer, and I'll hurry off to change my settings.