Removing Indents

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HI,
I have an existing presentation in PowerPoint 2002 in which the text
boxes have bullets. I want to remove the bullets AND the indents. I
have removed the bullets with the bullet button but how do I remove the
indents that are already inserted? I want all lines of text to be
flush left with the text box.

Thanks for your help.
 
Hey K,

While you have text within the textbox selected, you may see the ruler. If
you do not see the ruler, click on View -> Ruler.

There are two carets on this ruler bar that control text spacing within the
box. The text 'indent' is controlled by the lower caret. Simply drag the
lower caret flush with the highlighted left end of the text box and your
indents should disappear.

You may also want to select Format -> Textbox (or Placeholder if the text is
in a predefined textbox) and check the box on the Colors and Lines tab
labeled 'Default for new objects'.


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Hi Bill,
Thanks for your reponse.
The indent carets are stacking up to the left. For example, some of
the text was pasted in and was formatted to be the 3rd level down so
there are three sets of carets. I want to remove all three. I have
moved them to the left but I can't remove them. They are just sitting
there stacked up. As a result, that text is not flush to the left. I
hope that makes sense.
Thanks again.
 
Ah Ha!

The reason you can not remove the indents is that they are not indents, but
outline sub-category level type thingies (or insert whatever the official
name for subordinate levels in an outline may be).

If you just have a few to fix, than use this method ...

If the text is in a placeholder, just select the outline view (instead of
the miniature view on the left). Now find the indented lines (ok, I used
the word , too), select it, and use the Shift + Tab key to "promote" the
line one level at a time. If you promote it to the very top, than that
line will become the title for a new slide and you'll know you have gone too
far. You'll get the hang of it pretty quick.

If the text is in a regular text box, then the same idea applies. You will
need to select the line of text and use the Shift + Tab to promote the text
to the top level of this text box.

If you have hundreds of slides to fix, let us know. Perhaps we can supply a
small macro that will wipe out the outlining levels on all textboxes of all
shapes in all slides in .....

Post back if this solution is not clear or does not resolve the problem.


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Hi Bill,
Thanks for your reponse.
The indent carets are stacking up to the left. For example, some of
the text was pasted in and was formatted to be the 3rd level down so
there are three sets of carets. I want to remove all three. I have
moved them to the left but I can't remove them. They are just sitting
there stacked up. As a result, that text is not flush to the left. I
hope that makes sense.
Click to expand...

As long as the text is indented (that is, demoted to a lower level) there will
be a caret. Put the text cursor at the very beginning of the line of text and
press SHIFT+TAB to promote the text. You may have to press it several times to
promote the text back to top-level text. Once all the text has been promoted
to top-level, the extra carets will disappear.

The other trick is to hold down the Ctrl key while you drag the carets ... that
'll let you put one atop the other.

I'd do it the first way unless you're in a major rush.
 
THANKS Bill and Steve! Great tips! Thank goodness you two are here to
answer questions! You're the best!
 
THANKS Bill and Steve! Great tips! Thank goodness you two are here to
answer questions! You're the best!
Click to expand...

But only one of us can be the best. I was here first, so I'll let Bill be
best. Then maybe we can trade next week. ;-)

Glad we were both able to help.
 
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