Structure Editing (Org Mode Compact Guide)

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### 2.4 Structure Editing

`M-RET`

  Insert new heading with same level as current. If point is in a plain list item, a new item is created (see Plain Lists). When this command is used in the middle of a line, the line is split and the rest of the line becomes the new headline2.

`M-S-RET`

  Insert new TODO entry with same level as current heading.

`TAB` in new
empty entry

  In a new entry with no text yet, `TAB` cycles through reasonable levels.

`M-LEFT`
`M-RIGHT`

  Promote or demote current heading by one level.

`M-UP`
`M-DOWN`

  Move subtree up or down, i.e., swap with previous or next subtree of same level.

`C-c C-w`

  Refile entry or region to a different location. See Refile and Copy.

`C-x n s`
`C-x n w`

  Narrow buffer to current subtree and widen it again.

When there is an active region (Transient Mark mode), promotion and demotion work on all headlines in the region.

#### Footnotes

### (2)

If you do not want the line to be split, customize the variable `org-M-RET-may-split-line`.