Quick summary
To change the indent to .5 in PowerPoint, select your text, open Line Spacing Options via the Home menu, and set the Before Text indentation value to 0.5. This method works in Microsoft PowerPoint on the web and gives you precise paragraph-level indent control.
Steps
- Select the text you want to edit inside the slide canvas of your PowerPoint presentation.
- Go to the top-right corner and click More Options under the Home menu.
- Hover your mouse cursor over Line Spacing.
- Click Line Spacing Options to open the paragraph formatting dialog.
- In the Indentation section, set the Before Text field to 0.5 by typing the value or using the spin buttons.
- Click OK to apply the indent changes.
- The indent of the selected text in your PowerPoint presentation will now be updated to .5.
