Word For Mac Indent Second Line Of Bulleted Text

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I have a list (e.g., a bulleted list) in Microsoft Word. This list is inside a table cell.When I press Tab to increase the indent, rather than increasing the indent, it moves the cursor to the next cell. When I try Ctrl+Tab, it just inserts a tab character without changing the indentation of the bullet (paragraph).

How can I turn this off, so it does not go to the next cell but rather just indents the list?

Indesign Bullets Second Line Ident. Indesign bullets second line ident Indenting Text InDesign lets you indent paragraphs from the left side, right. At the same value with a negative first-line indent. Confusedturtle420, This is tricky because a numbered or bulleted list is already indented. In order to force the 2nd line to have indent more, place your cursor at the beginning of the second line of the reference & hit Ctri + Tab at the same time. You'll need to repeat for each reference. Set Text Indent to.25. This setting denotes the position where you want the text to align. With these settings, all subsequent lists in your document will default to the left margin (0).

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Shift+Alt+Right Arrow Key will demote your bullet inside a table, whilst Shift+Alt+Left Arrow Key will promote your bullet.

TravTrav

This is not, strictly speaking, an answer to your question, but rather a solution to your problem. You can increase the indent by clicking on the “Increase Indent” button in the “Paragraph” group on the “Home” tab of the ribbon:

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When I have had to enter indents into tables I have always done this:

Enter some obscure text where you want your indents (Example: 'TABTEXT')

Find and replace that text with a TAB by entering '^t' in the replace with box.

MasterMindMasterMind

As far as I know there's no way to turn this off entirely, but the best method I've seen is the one given by Microsoft directly.

To indent inside a table cell, click in front of the text or numbers you want to indent, and then press CTRL+TAB.

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