Applies ToPowerPoint for the web
Press Tab to indent a sub-bullet

Add text

To add text to your slide, click inside a text placeholder and start typing.

  1. To add text bullets, place your cursor in the line of text, and on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, pick a bullet style.Screenshot showing the various bullet options you can use in PowerPoint for the web.

  2. Press Enter to move to the next bullet.

Add a sub-bullet 

  1. Put your cursor on the line of text you want to indent.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, select Increase List Level.Screenshot showing how you can create a sub-bullet in PowerPoint for the web.

    Keyboard shortcut for Increase List Level: Tab.

    Keyboard shortcut for Decrease List Level: Shift+Tab.

    The cursor must be at the beginning of the paragraph for the keyboard shortcut to take effect.

Select text

To select a word: Point at the word and double-click the mouse.

To select a paragraph: Point at a word in the paragraph and triple-click.

See also

Insert a picture in PowerPoint

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