When writing a document, it is best to use indents at the beginning of each new paragraph. This helps give your document a nice layout. Learn several techniques for indenting the first line of a paragraph.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Indent a sentence
Step 1. Open your document in Microsoft Word
You can do this by double-clicking the file on your computer.
Step 2. Press the Tab ↹ double reverse arrow on the keyboard
A classic tabulation of 0.5 point to the right is then added.
Step 3. Type your phrase
Once you reach the end of the sentence, Word will automatically format your text so that only the first line has this tab.
Method 2 of 3: Indent an entire paragraph
Step 1. Open your document in Microsoft Word
You can do this by double-clicking the file on your computer.
Step 2. Select an entire paragraph
To do this, you must place your mouse in front of the first word, click, then move your cursor (without releasing the mouse!) Until the end of the paragraph. When you release the mouse, the paragraph should be highlighted and appear in blue.
Step 3. Press the Tab ↹ double reverse arrow on the keyboard
The entire selected paragraph will be moved 0.5 point to the right.
To add 0, 5 additional point, press again on the double reverse arrow Tab ↹
Method 3 of 3: Use a suspended withdrawal
Step 1. Open your document in Microsoft Word
You can do this by double-clicking the file on your computer.
A suspended indent adds a paragraph to the second line of a paragraph instead of the first. This type of indentation is most often used in bibliographies and reference pages
Step 2. Select an entire paragraph
To do this, you must position your mouse in front of the first word, click, then move your cursor (without releasing the mouse button) to the end of the paragraph. When you release the mouse, the paragraph should be highlighted and appear in blue.
Step 3. Right click on the selected area
A pop-up window should appear.
Step 4. Click Paragraph…
Step 5. Click the drop-down menu under From 1st line
This can be found in the Withdrawal section.
Step 6. Choose Suspended
Step 7. Click OK
The second line of the paragraph will then be moved 0.5 point to the right.
