Formatting · original practice scenario
Decrease cell alignment indent
Enter Hardware in B3. Through Home > Alignment, increase its indent twice, then leave B3 selected outside edit mode.
Start here: Windows desktop Excel with an English Ribbon; a text cell with positive indent selected
There must be positive indent to see an initial change. This command does not remove literal leading spaces, ungroup rows or change the cell value.
Follow these instructions in your own desktop Excel workbook. This page explains the operation; it does not send commands to Excel.
Windows keys and context
Press Alt+H, then 5 in sequence. Mac aliases on the publisher page overlap with its reverse-operation page; that uncorroborated Mac binding is withheld.
Alt+H,5
Publisher-documented binding. Native desktop execution has not been tested.
Desktop key table and operation notes. Exceljet publisher reference ↗
Walk through the operation
- Select the indented B3 cell in the worksheet grid.
- Press Alt+H, release the keys, then press 5.
- Inspect the reduced distance from the left cell edge.
- Repeat once more to reach the original zero-indent display, then inspect the formula bar.
Instruction 1 of 4: Select the indented B3 cell in the worksheet grid.
Expected result: Each use reduces the cell alignment indent until zero; the underlying text remains Hardware.
Recall the keys
Which listed Windows combination or sequence starts this operation in the context above?
Related walkthroughs
- Increase cell alignment indent
- Right-align cell labels with Ribbon keys
- Toggle the upward diagonal border in Format Cells
- Toggle inside horizontal borders in Format Cells
Catalog updated 2026-10-18. US keyboard notation: + joins held keys; commas separate successive presses. Function keys may require Fn. Desktop instructions are separate from this browser's own keyboard shortcuts.