Is there a keyboard shortcut to indent a nested bullet point in a table cell the proper way?

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Open Word and insert a table (1 x 1 will work just fine).

Right-click in the table and, in the context menu, select "Bullets" and a bullet image from the bullet library.

Type something and press enter.

Type something else, but, instead of clicking enter, right-click and select "Increase Indent"

Notice something else moves into the proper indentation of a nested bullet:

Outside of a Word table, you would simply press tab to get this behavior, but I want a keyboard shortcut (if available) to do this inside the table.

This is what I've tried:

Ctrl + Tab:  Just indents the text, not the bullet
Ctrl + T:  Same as Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl + M:  Indents the text and the bullet but does not change the
bullet style

Can this be done outside the right-click context menu?

Faiz Sabli · Answer

I have found a solution for increasing indent and decreasing indent shortcuts for Microsoft Word 2019. Look below,
Increase Indent: Ctrl+M
Decrease Indent: Ctrl+Shift+M

Emily Rumpf · Answer

shift + tab is the shortcut to decrease the bullet point level

user868678 · Answer

Increase indent.. TAB
Decrease indent.. SHIFT + TAB

Bao Ton · Answer

option + command + arrow left/right

Jeromy Anglim · Answer

For mac word 2011 also see,

Cmd+Shift+M to decrease indentation of bullet
Control+Shift+M to increase indentation of bullet

Deesbek · Answer

For Word 2011 for Mac the combination that works is:

control + shift + Left/Right Arrow

user249100 · Answer

Alt+Shift right arrow/left arrow works for me inside a table!

user222101 · Answer

Press Enter twice. It works. The first one creates the next nested line at the current indent, but the second stroke decreases the indent to the previous indent and section heading.

Drew · Answer

In at least Word 2010, you can increase/decrease the indent in a bulleted or numbered list using the following keyboard shortcuts:
Windows:Shift+Alt+→/←
Mac:    Shift+Ctrl+→/←

kmote · Answer

You can record a macro (using the Developer tab), and assign it to a keyboard shortcut combination. 
(Using the Macro Recorder is the easiest way to set this up, but you could also just insert the command Selection.Range.ListFormat.ListIndent in the macro VBA.

Fran · Answer

You might also try Alt+Right Arrow.  It's bound to function IncreaseIndent in Word 2010.

Is there a keyboard shortcut to indent a nested bullet point in a table cell the proper way?

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