Applying Formatting

Outlook supports some of the same keyboard shortcuts as Word for formatting text, even when you re not using Word as the e-mail editor.

Shortcuts for Applying Formatting

Apply bullets

[Ctrl]-[Shift]-[L]

Apply or increase the indent

[Ctrl]-[T]

Each press of this shortcut increases the indent by one tab stop.

Decrease the indent

[Ctrl]-[Shift]-[T]

Each press of this shortcut decreases the indent by one tab stop.

Reset the formatting of the current paragraph or selection

[Ctrl]-[Spacebar], [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Z]

Use this shortcut to quickly remove direct formatting that you ve applied to text.