First Line Paragraph Indent Launch Word and open the document to which you want to add indents. Position the cursor on the first line of the paragraph.

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Spaces and tabs might be the quickest way to indent a paragraph in Word, but you might be sorry. Instead, use built-in indents to avoid random spaces and tabs rearranging your content unexpectedly.

The way most folks do a first-line paragraph indent is to simplypress ENTER and then press the TAB key. Each time TAB is pressed,the indent will increase by a half-inch.

Most text is flush with the left margin or indented to the right a bit. You can indent just the first line of a paragraph or indent all but the first line (that’s called a hanging indent).

Hanging indentation looks different than other stylings in a document. If you apply this style, the first line of a paragraph will stick to the page margin whereas other lines will be requisitioned.