Or press keyboard shortcut buttons Ctrl+M.īy default, increases a paragraph’s indent by 0.5 inch each time you use Increase Indent (or Ctrl+M) command.Click Increase Indent icon in the Paragraph group.To increase the indentation of current or selected paragraphs: You can move the entire paragraph(s) away from the left margin by clicking the Increase Indent icon or move the entire paragraph(s) closer to the left margin by clicking the Decrease Indent icon in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. You can set the First Line Indent, Hanging Indent, Left Indent, and Right Indent by dragging their markers on the horizontal ruler. Use mirror indents, if you intend to print document on both side of the paper. Select paragraphs, press Ctrl+T to set hanging indent or press Ctrl+Shift+T to remove the hanging indent.

The hanging-indent is opposite to the “first line indent”, it adds extra space to the left of the entire paragraph except the first line. Click at the begining of the paragraph, press Tab keyboard button to set indent on the first line or press Shift+Tab keyboard button to un-indent the first line. The “first line indent” adds extra space to the first line of a paragraph. On the Layout tab, in the Paragraph group, specify the Left or Right indentation values in the Indent area. Right indent adds extra space to the the right of the entire paragraph. Set left or right indent on Layout tab.On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, use the Increase Indent and Dcecrease Indent commands. Left indent adds extra space to the left of the entire paragraph.

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