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The City School 2021-2022

Indenting Paragraph Lines

1. Click the View tab, and then select the Ruler

checkbox to display the Ruler.
2. Click the paragraph or select multiple paragraphs

to indent:
3. To change the left indent of the first line, drag the

First-line Indent marker.
4. To change the indent of the second and

subsequent lines, drag the Hanging Indent marker. To change the left indent for all lines,
drag the Left Indent marker.

5. To change the right indent for all lines, drag the Right Indent marker.
6. As you drag a marker, the dotted guideline helps you accurately position the indent. You can

also press and hold Alt to see measurements in the ruler.

First line indent: the first line Hanging indent: when the Right Indent: indents the

of a paragraph is indented first line is not indented paragraph on the right by
more than the other lines in while all the subsequent the amount you choose.

the paragraph. lines of the paragraph
are indented from the left

margin of the page.

Quick Tip

You can indent using the Tab key. You can indent the first line of a paragraph

by clicking at the beginning of the paragraph, and then pressing Tab. You can
indent the entire paragraph by selecting it, and then pressing Tab

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