You can control the movement by setting the Indentation Unit. Step 2 − Click the Before Text spinner to set left indentation and select the First Line Option to move the left side of the first line of a paragraph inward toward the center. Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent right and click the Paragraph Dialog Box launcher available on the Home tab. Let us see the process to perform first line indentation. You can change the left side of the first line of a paragraph inward toward the center. We will see this dialog box in the next section. You can also use the Paragraph Dialog Box to set the left and the right indentations. Step 2 − you can take out right indentation by clicking the Decrease Right Indent spinner in the opposite direction. You can use the Left Indent spinners as well to set left indentation from the same place. You can click on the spinner multiple times to create deeper indentation. Step 1 − Click anyplace on the paragraph you want to indent and then click on the Increase Right Indent spinner obtainable on the Page Layout tab. Let us use the resulting steps to create right indentation. Right indentation means to change the right edge of the paragraph inward towards the center of the paragraph. We will see this dialog box in the last section of this section. You can also use the Paragraph Dialog Box to set left and right indentations. You can click multiple times to remove deeper indentation. Step 2 − You can get rid of left indentation by clicking the Decrease Indent button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl + Shift+ M keys.
You can click multiple times to create deeper indentation. Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent left and click the Increase Indent button available on the Home tab or simply press the Ctrl + M keys. Let us use the resulting steps to create left indentation. Left indentation means to change the left edge of the paragraph inward towards the center of the paragraph.
This section will explain you how to indent your paragraphs with or without the first line of the paragraphs. You can indent paragraphs in your document from the left margin, the right margin, or both the margins. As you are familiar with the margin settings define the blank space that appears on each side of a paragraph.
In this section, we will talk over the how to indent paragraphs in Word 2010.