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Components Functions

It marks the distance of all lines in a paragraph from the left page
Left Indentation
margin.

It marks the position of all lines in a paragraph from the right
Right Indentation
page margin.

First Line It marks the position of the first line of a paragraph from the left

Indentation page margin, keeping all other lines set with the left margin.

Hanging It marks the position of all lines of a paragraph, except the first
Indentation line, from the left page margin.

To set indentation for a paragraph:
1. Position the cursor in the paragraph you want to

indent.
2. On the Home tab, click the dialog box launcher
button in the Paragraph group.

The Paragraph dialog box opens.

3. In the Indentation section on the Indents and
Spacing tab:

• Specify the values in the Left and Right boxes
to set the left and right indents respectively
for the paragraph. 4

• Select the First line or
Hanging option from the
Special drop-down list and

specify a desired value in the
By box.

The Preview section displays
a sample of the specified
indents.
4. Click the OK button.

Word applies the indentation to the selected text.

Line Spacing

Line Spacing is the amount of vertical blank space between the lines of text in a

paragraph. By default, the spacing between lines in a paragraph is 1.08 point.

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