PowerPoint · Demote the bullet one level

Outline

Windows · Linux

Shift+Alt+Right

Mac

Cmd+]

Drops the bullet one level; Tab at the start of the line does the same inside a placeholder, but in a table Tab means next cell, which is where the confusion starts.

Group: Outline
Keys held: 3

Half of PowerPoint's shortcuts only listen while the show is running — blanking the screen with B, the laser on Ctrl+L — and in edit view those same keys do something else entirely.

Reading the key names

Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.

Common questions

QWhat is the shortcut for Demote the bullet one level in PowerPoint?

Drops the bullet one level; Tab at the start of the line does the same inside a placeholder, but in a table Tab means next cell, which is where the confusion starts. It is Shift+Alt+Right on Windows and Cmd+] on a Mac.

QIs it the same on Windows and Mac?

No — Shift+Alt+Right on Windows, Cmd+] on a Mac.

QHow many keys is that?

3 pressed together. The combination sits under Outline in PowerPoint.

Shortcuts nearby

Promote the bullet one levelShift+Alt+LeftGroup the selected objectsCtrl+GUngroup the selected groupCtrl+Shift+GSend the object back one positionCtrl+Shift+[Bring the object forward one positionCtrl+Shift+]Duplicate the selected objectCtrl+DSelect the next object on the slideTabOpen Paste SpecialCtrl+Alt+V