Demote and Promote Lines in Your Multilevel List in Google Docs

 

Demote and Promote Lines in Your Multilevel List

Demoting a line indents an item to a lower list level under the previous item, and promoting an item does the opposite.

To demote an item, place your cursor at the beginning of the line.

Next, press Tab to send the item to the lower list level.

If you want to demote an item more than once down a line, continue to press Tab. You can demote an item up to eight times. In our example, we demoted the third line in our list twice.

Repeat the steps until you’re satisfied with your multilevel list.

If you want to promote a line (move it up one level), you can use a keyboard shortcut. Place the cursor at the beginning of the line, and then press Shift+Tab.

You can use this method on multiple lines simultaneously. First, highlight the lines in the list you want to promote.

Next, hit Tab or Shift+Tab to demote or promote the list items.