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Q95457: PPT: Aligning Bullets with Higher Level Text Margin

Article: Q95457
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:4.0; WINDOWS:4.0,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbformat
Last Modified: 15-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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You can align lower-level bullets with the left margin of text formatted for the
previous indentation level. This article describes how to do this because this
procedure is not documented in Microsoft PowerPoint Help.

MORE INFORMATION
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To align bullets with the left edge of previous levels of text, like this
example

  Indentation level 1 text
  *   Indentation level 2 text (asterisks represent bullets)
      *   Indentation level 3 text

follow these steps:

1. Select the text box that contains the indented text.

2. On the View menu, click Ruler.

  This displays the indent markers for all indent levels.

3. Press the CONTROL key and click the top triangle of the level whose bullet
  you want to align with the text above.

4. Hold down the CONTROL key and drag the triangle until it aligns with the
  bottom triangle of the previous indentation level.

Your bullets should now line up with text formatted for the previous level of
indentation.

For each indent marker, the top triangle controls the first line of text indented
to that level. The bottom triangle controls all subsequent lines of text
indented to that level.

Additional query words: tab align adjust line up arrange alignment macppt ppt powerpt 8.0 4.0

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Keywords          : kbformat 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerptMacSearch kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt400Mac
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.0; WINDOWS:4.0,7.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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