< img src ="https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/4873755a-8b1e-497e-bc54-101d1e75d3e7.png"alt= "Your internet browser does not support video. Install Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flash Player, or Web Explorer 9. "/ > To cave in the first line of a paragraph, put your cursor at the start of the paragraph and press the tab secret.
When you press Go into to begin the next paragraph, its first line will be indented. Tip: If you want to alter indentation for paragraphs that have actually currently been written, utilize the tab-key method on the first paragraph, as explained above. Then put your cursor at the start of the next paragraph. Press Backspace and after that Enter. Repeat the process for subsequent paragraphs.
First-line indent by default
If you constantly want first-line indentation, customize the Typical style:
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Put the cursor anywhere in the paragraph.
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On the Home tab, right-click the Typical design, and choose Customize.
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< img src="https://support.content.office.net/en-us/media/043e7f70-f72f-449c-a231-9779d49c30aa.png" alt ="Right-click the Normal design, and select Modify"/ > Select
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Format, and after that choose Paragraph. On the Indents and Spacing tab, under Indentation, select First line. Select OK. Select OK again. Note: If you constantly desire first-line indentation
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whenever you start a
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new document, choose
the New files based on this template option before you choose OK. Indent the first line of a paragraph utilizing the Indents and Spacing settings.
