Expanding/collapsing a heading

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Expanding/collapsing a heading

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As just described, you can hide some of the heading levels in the outline view with the dropdown list in order to see only the headings of certain levels.

What if you want to see the lower levels of a single heading? In this case, you have the following options:

▪Buttons outline_expand_mini and outline_collapse_mini on the ribbon tab "Outline"

Move the text cursor to the desired heading. Then click on one of the following icons on the ribbon tab Outline or use one of the following shortcut keys:

Icon

Function

outline_expand

This shows another sublevel.
Shortcut keys: Alt+Shift+(Num+) (plus key on the numeric keypad)

outline_collapse

This displays one less sublevel.
Shortcut keys: Alt+Shift+(Num-) (minus key on the numeric keypad)

▪Symbols outline_plus and outline_minus directly in front of the text paragraphs

Furthermore, a plus or minus symbol is displayed in the outline view before each heading.
A outline_plus indicates that this heading still contains subheadings or normal text paragraphs, but they are currently hidden.
In the case of a outline_minus, on the other hand, any text that is subordinate to this heading is already displayed.
If you double-click on outline_plus, all levels below the paragraph become visible. By double-clicking on the outline_minus, you hide all levels again.
Tip: By doing this, the heading and its subordinate text are selected at the same time. For more information, see the next section.