Indenting text
Indenting arranges text on a page by moving one or more lines to the left or the right of the paragraph margin. You can indent a line or paragraph manually or you can indent lines or paragraphs using the ruler or automatically.
To move the first line of a paragraph farther to the left than subsequent lines, you can apply a hanging indent. To indent an entire paragraph one tab stop from both the left and right margins, you can apply a double indent. A double indent is often used to format lengthy quotations.
These are examples of indenting text.
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marker to a new position on the ruler.To apply a hanging or double indent to text | |
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Click at the beginning of a paragraph.
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Click Format
 Paragraph, and click one of the following: |
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Hanging indent — indents all but the first line in the paragraph
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Double indent — indents the paragraph equally from both margins
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You can also apply a hanging indent by clicking at the beginning of any line in a paragraph, except the first line, and pressing Tab.
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To remove an indent from text | |
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Click at the beginning of a line of text.
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Press Shift + Tab.
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