Weekly Computer Tip # 308
14 May 2010
move text or bullet points with a single keyboard shortcut (Word and PowerPoint 2003-2007)
If I got a penny for every time a course participant says "How did you do that" I'd have enough money to take time off to write a How-did-you-do-that-tip-booklet. But recently I was the one baffled by something my fellow Train the Trainer facilitator did when we were tweaking our PowerPoint presentation... he used a single keyboard shortcut to move some bullet points, rather than CTRL-X and CTRL-V I would have used.
Here's how:
- Select the bullet point you want to move. (Actually, you can just put your cursor anywhere in the bulleted text.)
- To move a selection up, click ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW or to move a selection down, click ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW.
And it works in Word too! Simply put your cursor anywhere in the paragraph you want to move and press ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW or ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. (Thanks for the tip, Leon!)
Until next week.
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