Customize indents

Application: Presentation Home Edition macOS

You can customize the number/bullet and text indents in the list.

To customize the indents, follow the steps below:

1.Specify the required items in the list:

•To customize the indents for all items on the same level, place the cursor in any of these items, or select these items without sub-items.

•To customize indents for several items in the same level, select those items without sub-items.

•To customize the indentation for a single item, select part or all of the text in the item.

•To configure indents for all items in a single-level list that is contained in a placeholder, shape, or image (provided that there is nothing in that object other than a list), select that object or place the cursor in any of the items in that list.

2.Open the List settings window using one of the following methods:

•On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow to the right of the button corresponding to the current list: t_paragraph_bulleted_list Bulleted list, t_paragraph_mixed_list Mixed list, or t_paragraph_numbered_list Numbered list. Select List settings.

•Right-click to open the context menu and select the List settings command.

•When working in macOS, run the Format > List settings command from the command menu.

3.In the List settings window, in the Indents section, specify the required indents (see Table below).

4.Click OK.

Settings	Description
Number or Bullet	The character of the number or bullet is shifted by the set value relative to: –Left border of the placeholder. –Left border of the shape, image, or table cell where the list is located. You can enter the value manually, change it using the counter, the ↑ and ↓ keyboard keys, or by scrolling the mouse wheel. One step of increasing or decreasing the value is 0.1. To increase or decrease the value by 1, do one of the following: –Change the value by holding Shift down. –Press Page Up (Windows, Linux) or Fn+↑ (macOS) to increase the value. Press Page Down (Windows, Linux) or Fn+↓ (macOS) to decrease the value.
Text	The text of the list item is shifted by the specified value relative to: –Left border of the placeholder. –Left border of the shape, image, or table cell where the list is located. You can enter or change the value in the same way as in the Number or Bullet box.

Settings

Description

Number or Bullet

The character of the number or bullet is shifted by the set value relative to:

–Left border of the placeholder.

–Left border of the shape, image, or table cell where the list is located.

You can enter the value manually, change it using the counter, the ↑ and ↓ keyboard keys, or by scrolling the mouse wheel.

One step of increasing or decreasing the value is 0.1. To increase or decrease the value by 1, do one of the following:

–Change the value by holding Shift down.

–Press Page Up (Windows, Linux) or Fn+↑ (macOS) to increase the value. Press Page Down (Windows, Linux) or Fn+↓ (macOS) to decrease the value.

Text

The text of the list item is shifted by the specified value relative to:

–Left border of the placeholder.

–Left border of the shape, image, or table cell where the list is located.

You can enter or change the value in the same way as in the Number or Bullet box.

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