Word 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Word 2016

Lesson 1 – Indenting Paragraphs

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P ROCEDURES

1. Position the insertion point in the paragraph you want to indent. 2. Click the Increase Indent or Decrease Indent

button in the Paragraph

group.

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S TEP - BY -S TEP From the Student Data directory, open INDPAR.DOCX . Change the left indent of a paragraph.

If necessary, display the Home tab.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Position the insertion point in the paragraph you want to indent. The insertion point appears in the new location. 2. Click the Increase Indent or Decrease Indent button in the Paragraph group. The paragraph indent changes accordingly.

Click in the special offers line

Click three times

Practice the Concept: Select the three other paragraphs that make up the list ( discounts , free samples , and promotional items ) and the blank lines between them, and indent them one and a half inches, to line up under special offers . Select the entire list and use the Decrease Indent button to decrease the indent by one tab stop, to one inch.

Click in the special offers paragraph and open the Paragraph dialog box. Notice the Left indentation setting of 1 in or 2.54 cm .

I NDENTING THE F IRST L INE  D ISCUSSION

There are several ways in which you can indent a paragraph from the left margin. For example, you can indent only the first line of a paragraph. The first line indent is often used to begin a paragraph of text. It is easy to create this type of indent using the horizontal ruler.

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