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In MS Word, I have this:
But what I want is this (below)
How do I bring my cursor (and current-place-bullet) back to that indentation-bullet-point-level?
rlb.usa
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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In MS Word, how do I un-indent a bullet?
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Pressing Shift+Tab will do this.
Tom Savage
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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Pressing enter before typing anything else will do it on a Mac – PMV – 2014-08-07T15:44:45.393
1@PMV: pressing Enter before typing anything else reduces indent on a Mac - for an empty paragraph. What about for a non-empty paragraph? On Windows, tab/backtab at the start of a paragraph indents/unindents, even if paragraph nonempty. – Krazy Glew – 2015-01-28T19:24:55.283
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In addition to the other answers, there are toolbar/ribbon buttons for "Decrease Indent" and "Increase Indent".
Oh, and one more - I believe if you hit Enter when on a blank item in your list, it decreases its indentation level as well.
GalacticCowboy
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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Use Shift + Tab to step back out of the indentation.
ChrisF
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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This is not working for me for some reason (MS Word 2007). I can remove the indentation with Shift+Tab though. – John Sonderson – 2014-12-21T21:28:34.373
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Ctrl + M / Ctrl + Shift + M controls the indentation level of your bulletted/numbered lists.
Peter Bernier
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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This works when Shift + Tab and the Increase/Decrease Indent controls do not! – I say Reinstate Monica – 2015-02-19T00:01:38.890
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In Google Docs I press Enter twice quickly to 'un-indent' but I don't know if this works for anywhere else... Unfortunately I learnt the very long and hard way.
Chloe
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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Please read the question again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question which has nothing to do with google docs. – DavidPostill – 2016-04-01T10:36:38.380
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Press tab to indent forward. To go back an indent, press tab and then press backspace twice.
InterLinked
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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Shift+Tab is reverse indent shortcut... – Ramhound – 2016-03-30T14:20:25.720
True, but pressing tab and then backspace does the same thing. It's just another way and it's quicker for me – InterLinked – 2016-03-30T14:21:33.810
5 year old question. To repeat what the keyboard combination suggested 5 years ago does. This answer appeared in the review queue. – Ramhound – 2016-03-30T14:38:26.997
Is that bad? The reason I added an answer is because no one else had mentioned this method of tabbing back – InterLinked – 2016-03-30T14:42:45.337
ChrisF suggested it 6 years ago. – Ramhound – 2016-03-30T15:40:19.047
On this thread? I couldn't find where – InterLinked – 2016-03-30T15:44:08.553
Yes this question. – Ramhound – 2016-03-30T16:00:57.170
That says nothing about pressing tab and then backspacing at least twice – InterLinked – 2016-03-30T16:01:30.717
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Press Enter twice to get to the previous outline level.
When at the 2nd indent level ("delete P..." in your example), press Enter once to get to the 1st indent level ("delete M..." in your example). Press Enter twice to get up another level to where your arrow points.
Kirt
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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If you are on Mac OS X, use Cmd + [.
warder57
Posted 2010-06-24T19:00:09.457
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2Can you expand upon this? You might want to quote the documentation. – bwDraco – 2015-10-02T23:02:30.397
Question very nicely explained, thanks for the effort. – Bora – 2011-09-15T05:10:57.463