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I've read about changing the shape of the itemize bullet in the Beamer class documentation and also on this question which shows how to change the bullet shape to a checkmark (\checkmark).

Where can I find the complete list of the bullet shapes available for the Beamer class?

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tmaric
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    Do you change it for one itemize or the whole document? Since you can use nearly every symbol here is a list showing a lot of them: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf – Rico Jan 15 '13 at 09:29
  • I would like to change it for the whole document.. Thanks for the list! :) – tmaric Jan 15 '13 at 09:36
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    Take a look at pifont package which includes the environment \begin{dinglist}{number} where number can be any of the ones listed here – JLDiaz Jan 15 '13 at 09:37
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    @Rico seems the link doesn't work anymore. – seteropere Jun 05 '16 at 04:16
  • @seteropere : I think it might be here now: http://tug.ctan.org/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf – steveo'america Jul 23 '19 at 19:33

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You'll find those predefined templates in the documentation. Here are those which are listed in the guide (Chap. 12 Structuring a Presentation: The Local Structure p. 111)

\documentclass{beamer}

\def\mf{
\begin{itemize}
\item Item
\end{itemize}
}

\begin{document}
\frame{
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[default]
\mf
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[triangle]
\mf
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[circle]
\mf
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[square]
\mf
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[ball]
\mf}
\end{document}

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Furthermore you can define your very own items: 

\documentclass{beamer}

\def\mf{
\begin{itemize}
\item Item
\end{itemize}
}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc}

\begin{document}
\frame{
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}{\tikz\node[cross out, draw] {good};}
\mf
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}{$\int$}
\mf
}
\end{document}

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    It seems you can't change the bullet while inside an itemize environment. – Bach Feb 18 '16 at 15:08
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    @Bach Yes, you can! At least with Texlive 2016 and Xelatex. Which is important for changing the symbols on nested itemize environments. However, I would prefer if they could be set individually for each nesting level. – ypnos Apr 07 '17 at 18:04