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Microsoft Word Help - Paragraphs

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Using Indent Buttons

To increase or decrease the indent of a paragraph, follow these steps:

1.	Click in the paragraph whose indentation you want to change. If you want to change more than one paragraph, select them.
2.	Click one of Indent buttons as many times as necessary to indent the text:
	► Increase Indent button Indents the paragraph from the left margin by one tab stop.  Increase Indent button OR Press CTRL + M
	► Decrease Indent button Moves the paragraph back toward the left margin by one tab stop. Decrease Indent button OR Press CTRL + SHIFT + M.

To indent paragraphs using the ruler, follow these steps:

1.	Choose View ► Ruler, if necessary, to put the ruler on-screen.
2.	Select the paragraph or paragraphs whose indentation you want to change.
3.	Click-and-drag along the ruler, any of the following indent markers with the mouse:
	► First-Line Indent Marker Drag the down-pointing arrow on the ruler to indent the first line of the paragraph only.
	► Left Indent Marker This one, on the bottom-left side of the ruler, comes in two parts. Drag the arrow that points up (called the hanging indent marker), but not the box underneath it, to move the left margin independently of the first-line indentation.  To move the left indentation and the first-line indentation relative to the left margin, slide the box. Doing so moves everything on the left side of the ruler.
	► Right Indent Marker Drag this one to move the right side of the paragraph away from the right margin.

If you find it difficult to get hold of the correct indent marker on the ruler, use the indent marker tabs on the Tabs button to the left of the Horizontal ruler. First Line Indent marker       Hanging Indent marker Every time you click on the Tab Stop button, it cycles through the different tab stops, the last two of them are the "First Line Indent" and "Hanging Indent" markers. Get the correct marker and click on the ruler, it's new position. This way Microsoft Word help with the new position.

Microsoft Word XP