Bulleted Hanging Indent

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I would like to format bulleted items with a hanging indent that is say, a
quarter of an inch to the right of the first word of the bulleted item This
would apply to an item that has enough text to wrap to the next line. It can
be done in Word.

Is there an easy way to do this?

Gordo
 
gordo said:
I would like to format bulleted items with a hanging indent that is
say, a quarter of an inch to the right of the first word of the
bulleted item This would apply to an item that has enough text to
wrap to the next line. It can be done in Word.
Is there an easy way to do this?
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With a visible ruler you can do this in Powerpoint in the same way as in
Word. Just drag the lower triangular to the right. you must set the cursor
into the paragraph before.
In Powerpoint 2007 there is a dialogue for the indentation in "Home /
Paragraph / Indentation".


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Pia Bork

MVP PowerPoint
http://www.ppt-faq.de
 
I have tried that. When you move the triangle to the right, both the first
line as well as succeeding lines move to the right. In Word, you set the tab
for the distance from the bullet to the first letter and the triangle will
set the indent for the second and subsequent lines. This technique does not
work in my Power Point 2003. I am trying to get the second line to move to
the right without affecting the first.

Gordo
 
Gordo,
Should work as described by Pia, the top triangle lets you indent the first
line, the lower triangle lets you indent all other lines. Only when you drag
with the square beneath the triangle will the first line move also. In Word
it is a bit easier as a tooltip appears when you position your mouse over
the carats in the ruler indicating if you are using a hanging indent or a
left indent.
 
Hm, that is odd. For me the triangle works the same way as in Word. If I
move the lower triangle to the right only the second line and following
move; if I move the rectangle under the triangle both - first and second
line - move.
The distance between the bullet point and the first letter is set by the
distance between the upper and the lower triangle. There is no extra tab in
Powerpoint.

Have a look at this description:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HP030741151033.aspx
I have tried that. When you move the triangle to the right, both the
first line as well as succeeding lines move to the right. In Word,
you set the tab for the distance from the bullet to the first letter
and the triangle will set the indent for the second and subsequent
lines. This technique does not work in my Power Point 2003. I am
trying to get the second line to move to the right without affecting
the first.
Gordo
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Mit vielen Grüßen
Pia Bork

MVP PowerPoint
http://www.ppt-faq.de
 
Perhaps I should explain my goal differently.
I would like the bullet to be at the left margin. The first line of the
bulleted statement would be 1/2 inch indented (done with the "Hanging
Indent" upward pointing triangle on the ruler). The second line of a
multi-line (wrapped) statement would be indented by 1 inch; a half inch to
the right of the first character of the first line.

Gordo
 
Gordo,
I see what you mean, unfortunately PowerPoint behaves in a different way
then Word in that respect. In Word the tab defines the first line indent,
which ordinarily is in the same position as the two carats, but can be
different. One way I see in PowerPoint, to get what you want, is to use a
tab to the right of the two carats, but that would mean waiting till the
last word wraps to the next line and positioning the cursor in front of it
and tabbing it into position. Which is not what you are after.
A second possibility is to alter the Master slide setup and use two levels,
in the master select the second indent level, remove the bulleting, then in
the ruler drag the upper carat where you want the indent of the second line
to be and drag the two following carats under the top one using the ctrl
key.
That would require you to type in the first line, press enter, hit tab and
typing the second and following lines.
I do not know if I am still making sense to you?
 
Thanks, Luc. I will give it a try.

Gordo


Luc said:
Gordo,
I see what you mean, unfortunately PowerPoint behaves in a different way
then Word in that respect. In Word the tab defines the first line indent,
which ordinarily is in the same position as the two carats, but can be
different. One way I see in PowerPoint, to get what you want, is to use a
tab to the right of the two carats, but that would mean waiting till the
last word wraps to the next line and positioning the cursor in front of it
and tabbing it into position. Which is not what you are after.
A second possibility is to alter the Master slide setup and use two
levels, in the master select the second indent level, remove the
bulleting, then in the ruler drag the upper carat where you want the
indent of the second line to be and drag the two following carats under
the top one using the ctrl key.
That would require you to type in the first line, press enter, hit tab and
typing the second and following lines.
I do not know if I am still making sense to you?
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The only way I was able to get this effect was without the bullets, then the
hanging indent worked as it does in Word.
Deanne
 
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