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Chapter 3: Aligning and Indenting
Paragraphs
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Change Paragraph Alignment
Indent Text in Paragraphs
Space Before and After Paragraphs
Repeat the Last Action
CHECKPOINT 1
Format with Format Painter
Change Line Spacing
Apply Numbering and Bullets
Reveal Formatting
Compare Formatting
CHECKPOINT 2
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Change Paragraph Alignment
change alignment of text
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center aligned
left aligned
right aligned
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Paragraph Alignment Buttons and Commands
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To change alignment of an existing
paragraph:
1. Select the desired text.
2. Click the desired alignment button
in the Paragraph group.
To change alignment before you type a
paragraph:
3. Click the desired alignment button
in the Paragraph group.
4. Type the desired text at the
insertion point.
selected text
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To change alignment at the
Paragraph dialog box:
1. Select the desired text.
2. Click the Paragraph group
dialog box launcher.
3. Click the Alignment
option down-pointing
arrow.
4. Click the desired
alignment.
5. Click OK.
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dialog box launcher
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paragraph alignment
paragraph
indentation
paragraph
line spacing
preview pane
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To return to the default alignment (left aligned), click the Align
Left button in the Paragraph group.
Align Left button
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Clear All Formatting button
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To change the alignment of existing text in a paragraph, position
the insertion point anywhere within the paragraph.
You do not need to select the entire paragraph.
insertion point
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You can turn on the display of nonprinting characters by
clicking the Show/Hide ¶ button in the Paragraph group on the
HOME tab.
By default, all nonprinting characters display on the screen
when you click the Show/Hide ¶ button.
Show/Hide ¶ button
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To display the Word Options
dialog box:
1. Click the FILE tab.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Display in the left
panel.
4. Insert a check mark in the
check boxes in the Always
show these formatting
marks on the screen section
as desired.
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Indent Text in Paragraphs
You can indent the first
line of text in a paragraph,
indent all text in a
paragraph, or indent the
second and subsequent
lines of a paragraph
(called a hanging indent).
You can indent text from
the left margin, the right
margin, or both.
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Indent
first line of
paragraph
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Methods for Indenting
Press the Tab key.
Display the Paragraph dialog box, click the down-pointing
arrow to the right of the Special list box, click First line,
and then click OK.
Drag the First Line Indent marker on the horizontal ruler.
Click the Alignment button located at the left side of the
horizontal ruler until the First Line Indent button displays
and then click the horizontal ruler at the desired location.
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Indent
text from left
margin
Methods for Indenting
Click the Increase Indent button in the Paragraph group
on the HOME tab to increase the indent or click the
Decrease Indent button to decrease the indent.
Display the Paragraph dialog box, type the desired indent
measurement in the Left measurement box, and then
click OK.
Drag the left indent marker on the horizontal ruler.
Press Ctrl + M to increase the indent or press
Ctrl + Shift + M to decrease the indent.
Insert a measurement in the Indent Left measurement
box in the Paragraph group on the PAGE LAYOUT tab.
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Indent
text from right
margin
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Methods for Indenting
Display the Paragraph dialog box, type the desired
indent measurement in the Right measurement box, and
then click OK.
Drag the right indent marker on the horizontal ruler.
Insert a measurement in the Indent Right measurement
box in the Paragraph group on the PAGE LAYOUT tab.
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Indent
all lines of text
except the first
(called a
hanging
indent)
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Methods for Indenting
Display the Paragraph dialog box, click the down-pointing
arrow at the right side of the Special list box, click
Hanging, and then click OK.
Press Ctrl + T. (Press Ctrl + Shift + T to remove hanging a
indent.)
Click the Alignment button located at the left side of the
ruler until the Hanging Indent button displays and then
click the horizontal ruler at the desired location.
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To indent text using markers on the ruler:
1. Position the insertion point or select the desired text.
2. Drag the indent marker(s) on the ruler.
Alignment button
Hanging Indent marker
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To indent the first line of a paragraph
using the horizontal ruler:
1. Position the insertion point or select
the desired text.
2. Position the mouse pointer on the
First Line Indent marker on the
horizontal ruler.
3. Hold down the left mouse button.
4. Drag the marker to the desired
position.
5. Release the mouse button.
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To indent text using options in the
Paragraph dialog box:
1. Position the insertion point or
select the desired text.
2. Click the Paragraph group dialog
box launcher.
3. At the Paragraph dialog box, with
the Indents and Spacing tab
selected, insert the desired
measurement(s) in the Left, Right,
and/or By measurement boxes.
4. Click OK.
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To create a hanging indent using the ruler:
1. Position the insertion point or select the desired text.
2. Click the Alignment button located at the left side of the ruler
until the Hanging Indent button displays.
3. Click at the desired mark on the horizontal ruler.
Alignment button
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To create a hanging indent using the
Paragraph dialog box:
1. Position the insertion point or select
the desired text.
2. Click the Paragraph group dialog box
launcher.
3. At the Paragraph dialog box with the
Indents and Spacing tab selected,
click the down-pointing arrow at the
right side of the Special list box.
4. Click Hanging at the drop-down list.
5. Click OK.
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Space Before and After Paragraphs
The insertion of 8 points of spacing after a paragraph is one of
Word’s default settings.
You can remove this spacing, increase it, or decrease it.
You can also insert spacing before a paragraph.
Spacing before or after a paragraph is part of that paragraph,
and it will be moved, copied, or deleted with the paragraph.
If a paragraph, such as a heading, contains spacing before it and
the paragraph falls at the top of a page, Word ignores the
spacing.
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To change paragraph spacing using the PAGE LAYOUT tab:
1. Click the PAGE LAYOUT tab.
2. Change the paragraph spacing with the Spacing Before and/or
Spacing After measurement boxes.
Spacing Before measurement box
Spacing After measurement box
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