ListOutdent Method

Decreases the list level of the paragraphs in the range for the specified ListFormat object, in increments of one level.

expression.ListOutdent

expression    Required. An expression that returns a ListFormat object.

Example

This example reduces the indent of each paragraph in first list in the active document by one level.

ActiveDocument.Lists(1).Range.ListFormat.ListOutdent
		

This example formats paragraphs four through eight in the active document as an outline-numbered list, indents the paragraphs one level, and then removes the indent from the first paragraph in the list.

Dim docActive As Document
Dim rngTemp As Range

Set docActive = ActiveDocument
Set rngTemp = _
    docActive.Range( _
    Start:=docActive.Paragraphs(4).Range.Start, _
    End:=docActive.Paragraphs(8).Range.End)

With rngTemp.ListFormat
    .ApplyOutlineNumberDefault
    .ListIndent
End With

docActive.Paragraphs(4).Range.ListFormat.ListOutdent