Then, if you used the icon, click in the table paragraph, or, if used the keyboard shortcut, place your cursor in the table paragraph and press Ctrl+Shift+V. Then, with your cursor still in the paragraph, either click on the Format Painter icon in the Home tab (the paintbrush, at left) or press Ctrl+Shift+C to copy the formats of the paragraph. Using a paragraph outside the table, format it with a hanging indent. The text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text-block. To decrease the left side paragraph indentation, click into the paragraph to indent. If you have never created a style and are unsure about it, let's use Format Painter to see if that will apply the hanging indent. Then click the 'Increase Indent' button in the 'Paragraph' button group on the 'Home' tab of the Ribbon. ) In Word 2003 or any earlier version of Word, on the Formatting Toolbar, click on the Style box. You have now successfully inserted and customised the first line indent in your Microsoft Word Document. Customise the indentation you would like on the first line.
(Tip: Learn more about the Styles and Formatting task pane. Place your cursor where you would like the insert or edit the first-line indent. If for example, the first line in your table cell ends with it, that's a paragraph, so you will not see any hanging indent applied.Īssuming that's not the issue, I would try applying a style with a hanging indent to an existing paragraph in your table. In Word 2002 or Word 2003, choose Format > Styles and Formatting. This usually hidden symbol ends every paragraph.
On the Home tab of the ribbon, select the backwards P symbol in the paragraph group. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. If you can't see the ruler, click the View Ruler icon over the scrollbar to display it. On the ruler, you should see the first-line indent marker move to the right by 1/2 inch.
As a matter of further investigative work, my next step would be to confirm that what appears to be a single paragraph in the table cell, really is one. Place the insertion point at the very beginning of the paragraph you want to indent.