Re: Please help with hanging indents
- From: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:27:16 -0500
Sorry, that was a typo; I meant "when you press Enter." But if you already
have other paragraphs, you need to select them when you set the indent on
the ruler so it will apply to all of them. If you press the Alt key while
sliding the indent marker, you should see the measurements in the ruler.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jim" <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Suzanne:
>
> I tried what yo said and it seems to work OK, but I have a couple of
> questions:
>
> 1) In your second paragraph, you said "Whenever you press indent, you'll
get
> another ...". How do I press indent? Do I use the Tab key?
>
> 2) In your first paragraph, you mentioned using the Alt key to set the
> Hangin Indent at 1.8". When I slide the Hanging Indent marker along the
ruler
> I don't see anything that tells me exactly where I am. When I selected a
spot
> on the ruler in WordPerfect, there was a numerical number in the bottom of
> the window that told me exactly what spot I had chosen on the ruler.
>
> Thanks for your help. All you guys and gals sure are a lot of help to
those
> of us trying to learn this thing!
>
> --
> Jim
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > This is overkill. On the ruler, drag the Hanging Indent marker to 1.8"
> > (you'll need to press Alt to set it there, though; if you can be
satisfied
> > with 1.75" or 1.88", then just drag to one of the preset stops). Word
> > automatically sets a tab stop at the hanging indent. Daiya's advice to
add
> > Space After is good, however.
> >
> > Whenever you press indent, you'll get another paragraph in the same
format.
> > Of course, if you want this to be truly consistent, you would be better
> > advised to apply a suitably formatted style. Interestingly, there is no
> > built-in "Body Text Hang" style, but the List styles have a built-in
hanging
> > indent that can be customized.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Daiya Mitchell" <daiyaNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:BE98038E.2B29C%daiyaNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I would select All (control-A). Then click on the ruler to set your
1.8
> > > tab. Then go to Format | Paragraph and set a 1.8 hanging indent.
While
> > you
> > > are in Format | Paragraph, also add some Space After, which will save
you
> > > hitting enter twice between paragraphs to skip a line (which is bad
> > > practice). Click to un-select all.
> > >
> > > Then you should be able to type your date, hit tab once to go to 1.8,
and
> > > have the lines wrap to start at 1.8.
> > >
> > > If you are going to make lots of documents like this, you should
create a
> > > template or use styles to apply the formatting.
> > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/TipsOnStyles.html
> > > http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm
> > >
> > > And you may find this article useful:
> > > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/29/05 2:33 PM, "Jim" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am fairly new to Word, and I am using Word 2000.
> > > >
> > > > I have my left margin set at 1". I then type a date, i.e. 04/27/05,
hard
> > > > against the left margin. I then want to set a hanging indent (I
think)
> > at
> > > > 1.8". At the 1.8" mark I am going to start typing my text, which may
or
> > may
> > > > not have multiple lines. If it does have multiple lines, I want each
> > line to
> > > > start at 1.8".
> > > >
> > > > Once I have finished my text, I will skip a line and enter another
date,
> > > > i.e. 04/28/05, against the left margin. Then I want to start typing
text
> > at
> > > > 1.8" again, just as in the paragraph above.
> > > >
> > > > I am sure there has to be a simple way to do this, but the Help
menus
> > are
> > > > lousy in my opinion and I sure haven't found the answer.
> > > >
> > > > When I was using WordPerfect, I would set a tab at 1.8", and before
I
> > > > started typing my text I entered CTRL + F7, and the insertion point
> > jumped to
> > > > 1.8" and stayed there until I entered a Hard Return.
> > > >
> > > > I would appreciate any help someone can give.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jim
> > >
> > > --
> > > Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
> > > Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
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> > > What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > >
> >
> >
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