To insert a hanging indent

1. Position your cursor in the document where you want to insert a hanging indent.

2. Click the Menu button wpj00004.gif on the Common toolbar.

3. Click Format, Paragraph, Hanging Indent.

4. Type the text that you want format with a hanging indent.

Note

wpj00001.gif Indents allow you to move entire paragraphs of text while tabs allow you to move a single line of text.

Tips

wpj00001.gif To format existing paragraphs with a hanging indent, position your cursor in the paragraph, click the Menu button wpj00004.gif on the Common toolbar, and click Format, Paragraph, Hanging Indent.

wpj00001.gif You can remove hanging indents from the active paragraph by removing the values in the First Line Indent box and the Left Margin Adjustment box in the Paragraph Format dialog box.

wpj00003.gif How to

To indent text

To double indent text

To indent the first line of every paragraph automatically

wpj00002.gif Related topics

Indenting text

Setting line and paragraph spacing

Adjusting indents and spacing

Setting tabs