Decrease Indent

Question

First...I have been using the decrease indent button for close to 15 years at 10 hours per day with no problem whatsoever.  Please believe me when I say the decrease indent button is broken.  Increase indent button is working fine.  Please fix the decrease indent button.

Answer 1

Is it the button or the keyboard shortcut that isn't working? If the latter, have you installed any new software recently? It is not at all uncommon for third-party software to hijack Word's keyboard shortcuts. If you're lucky, there will be a Settings or Options or Preferences setting in the third-party software that will allow you to reassign the shortcut (or at least disable it). If not, at least you can assign a new shortcut (check first to see whether Ctrl+Shift+M is still assigned to it).

Answer 2

Hello Tammy14. I'm sorry you are having issues. I tested on my Word 2016 for Windows and decrease indent worked correctly. Can you run a small test?

1. New Document
2. Turn on numbering
3. Type "ABC" for number 1 and press Enter.
4. For number 2 click Increase indent twice and then decrease indent twice.

Hopefully, it went from 2 to little "a" then little "i "and then back to "a" and finally back to 2.