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Returning to a Primary bullet after using secondary one
Bullets drive me crazy. In PP, I start with my main bullet, enter in some
secondary or tercery bullets such as one finds in an outline form, then I think of another main point and I can't get back to add another main bullet. PP wants to add another sub bullet. My only way around this is to enter all my main points first and then add in secondary bullets. I know I could do an outline ahead in say Word, and import, but I often like to compose directly on PP and I can't seem to add an additional bullet on the same slide. I did look on FAQ for bullet troubleshooting but couldn't find an answer. |
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You can use the Tab key to increase indent and create a "child" bullet to
the current bullet point. Use Shift+Tab key to decrease indent and create a new "parent" level bullet point. Does this help? - Chirag PowerShow - View multiple shows simultaneously http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html "Michele" wrote in message ... Bullets drive me crazy. In PP, I start with my main bullet, enter in some secondary or tercery bullets such as one finds in an outline form, then I think of another main point and I can't get back to add another main bullet. PP wants to add another sub bullet. My only way around this is to enter all my main points first and then add in secondary bullets. I know I could do an outline ahead in say Word, and import, but I often like to compose directly on PP and I can't seem to add an additional bullet on the same slide. I did look on FAQ for bullet troubleshooting but couldn't find an answer. |
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"=?Utf-8?B?TWljaGVsZQ==?=" wrote in
: Bullets drive me crazy. In PP, I start with my main bullet, enter in some secondary or tercery bullets such as one finds in an outline You can either use TAB/Shift-TAB to adjust level of indent or use the promote and demote tools on the toolbar. For the TAB/Shift-TAB method, when you want to increase the indent of a line hit TAB before typing anything on that line. When you want to decrease the indent (go back to a main point), hit Shift-TAB before typing anything. To use the toolbar, you will proably have to adjust your settings. Go to the Tools menu and choose Customize. In the Options tab, check the box for "Show Standard and Formatting toolbars on two rows." You should now see two iconss (one fo them might be faded out) for promoting and demoting. They have lines representing text with arrows pointing to the right on one and the left on the other (right after the big A and little A for increasing and decreasing font size on my toolbar). The one with the arrow pointing to the right demotes (makes a point into a sub-point) and the one with the arrow pointing to the left promotes (makes a sub- point into a main point). These buttons can be used even if you have already typed text on a line. --David -- David M. Marcovitz Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/ form, then I think of another main point and I can't get back to add another main bullet. PP wants to add another sub bullet. My only way around this is to enter all my main points first and then add in secondary bullets. I know I could do an outline ahead in say Word, and import, but I often like to compose directly on PP and I can't seem to add an additional bullet on the same slide. I did look on FAQ for bullet troubleshooting but couldn't find an answer. |
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In article , Michele wrote:
Bullets drive me crazy. In PP, I start with my main bullet, enter in some secondary or tercery bullets such as one finds in an outline form, then I think of another main point and I can't get back to add another main bullet. PP wants to add another sub bullet. My only way around this is to enter all my main points first and then add in secondary bullets. After you press ENTER to start a new paragraph, press SHIFT+TAB to unindent the text one bullet level, then start typing. TAB indents a level SHIFT+TAB unindents a level You can also use Alt+Shift+Right or Left arrows. I'll forget that w/in the next five minutes, so write it down. Tab I'll remember. ;-) If you choose View, Toolbars, Outlining you can use the arrow buttons to demote/promote (indent/unindent) bullet points (or groups of selected bullet point text) or move them up/down. Handy. I know I could do an outline ahead in say Word, and import, but I often like to compose directly on PP and I can't seem to add an additional bullet on the same slide. I did look on FAQ for bullet troubleshooting but couldn't find an answer. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Yes...thank you all. I figured it had to be something simple like that! Do
you know, I looked at 3 different PP books and couldn't find an answer? Thanks again! "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: In article , Michele wrote: Bullets drive me crazy. In PP, I start with my main bullet, enter in some secondary or tercery bullets such as one finds in an outline form, then I think of another main point and I can't get back to add another main bullet. PP wants to add another sub bullet. My only way around this is to enter all my main points first and then add in secondary bullets. After you press ENTER to start a new paragraph, press SHIFT+TAB to unindent the text one bullet level, then start typing. TAB indents a level SHIFT+TAB unindents a level You can also use Alt+Shift+Right or Left arrows. I'll forget that w/in the next five minutes, so write it down. Tab I'll remember. ;-) If you choose View, Toolbars, Outlining you can use the arrow buttons to demote/promote (indent/unindent) bullet points (or groups of selected bullet point text) or move them up/down. Handy. I know I could do an outline ahead in say Word, and import, but I often like to compose directly on PP and I can't seem to add an additional bullet on the same slide. I did look on FAQ for bullet troubleshooting but couldn't find an answer. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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