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Move text in an outline

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Select the text you want to move.
How?
- To select all text on a slide, on the Outline tab in normal view, point to the slide icon , and when the pointer changes to a four-pointed arrow, click the icon.
- To select a bulleted item and all its subordinate paragraphs, point to the bullet, and when the pointer changes to a four-pointed arrow, click.
- To select just the paragraph and none of its subordinate paragraphs, either drag to select the text or use one of the following keyboard methods, with the insertion point at the start of the selection (the start can be either on the left or the right of the word or set of characters):
  - To select entire words, press CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT/LEFT ARROW.
  - To select characters, press SHIFT+RIGHT/LEFT ARROW.
Do one of the following:
Drag text
- To drag a selected paragraph that's next to a bullet or slide icon, point to the bullet or icon, and when the four-pointed arrow appears, drag up, down, left, or right. As you drag, the pointer changes to a two-pointed vertical or horizontal arrow, and a line appears to mark the destination of the text.
- To drag a few words you have selected, point to the selection, click, and when an empty, gray box appears on the pointer, drag the selection.
Move text using toolbar buttons
- On the Formatting toolbar, click Decrease Indent or Increase Indent .
Move text using the keyboard
- To decrease the indent of a selection, click SHIFT+TAB or ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW.
- To increase the indent of a selection, click TAB or ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW.
- To move a selection up, click ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW.
- To move a selection down, click ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW.