Specify the indent space 0.25 (or your desired value) in By field or use Up and Down arrow to set the indent space.Click on Special list and choose the “ First line” from the menu.Select Indents and Spacing tab on the Paragraph dialog box.Click the paragraph dialog box icon in the Paragraph group.Or use the Paragraph dialog box: First line indentation in Paragraph dialog box

Or press Shift+Tab keybaord shortcut to remove first line indent.

And press Tab button on the keyboard button.

Click on the beginning of an exising paragraph.

When you indent the first line, only the first line will move from the margin, the other lines will not move. The first-line indent adds extra space to the first line of each paragraph to indicate the beginning of the paragraph. The Indentation area allows you to immediately set up Left, Right, First line, Hanging, or Mirror indents. Indentation in Paragraph dialog boxĬlick on the Paragraph dialog box launcher icon from either the Home or Layout tab and make sure the Indents and Spacing tab is selected in the dialog box: Indentation area in the Paragraph dialog box

You can also specify the negative value (for example, -0.5) if you need to set the indentation beyond the margins.

In the Indent area of the Pargraph group, specify the Left or Right distance.

The Indent area in the Layout tab also offers the Right indentation for the selected paragraphs: But the Indent area in Paragraph group on the Layout tab allows you to specify your own indent settings instead of the default 0.5-inch setting. The Increase Indent and Decrease Indent tools in Paragraph group on the Home tab, increases/decreases a paragraph’s indent by 0.5-inch.

Or press keyboard shortcut buttons Ctrl+Shift+M.īy default, decreases a paragraph’s indent by 0.5 inch each time you use Decrease Indent (or Ctrl+Shift+M) command.

Click Decrease Indent icon in the Paragraph group.

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.

Set first line indent in word