WD2000: How to Create an F4/F7 Hanging Indent

ID: Q211732


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SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a hanging indent (often described as an "F4 indent" or "F7 indent" by WordPerfect users). A hanging indent is a paragraph that has a little text at the left, and the rest of the paragraph is indented, as in the following example:



1.  <TAB>  text text text text text text text text text text text text
           text text text text text text text text text text

Education: <TAB> text text text text text text text text text text text
                 text text text text text text text text text text text
                 text text 


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MORE INFORMATION

Apply This Formatting Now

If you have already applied paragraph formatting to your text, remove it by selecting the paragraphs and pressing CTRL+Q. Then use any of the following methods:

Customizing a Hanging Indent

If the default settings are not in the right place for your document, you can customize where the bulk of the text lines up. You can do this with the mouse and the ruler, or with the Format menus.

With the Mouse and Ruler:
  1. In a sample paragraph, press CTRL+Q.


  2. Move the mouse to the ruler. Drag the bottom triangle and square to where you want the text to line up.


  3. Between the text at the left and the rest of the paragraph, press the TAB key.


With the Format Menus:

  1. On the Format menu, click Paragraph.


  2. Select the Indents and Spacing tab.


  3. In the Special box (under Indentation), click Hanging. In the By box, type the amount you want the text to move from the left margin, and then click OK.


  4. Move the insertion point between the text on the left, and press the TAB key.


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Example of a Table:


   Educational         text text text text text text text text text text
   Background          text text text text text text text text text text
                       text text text text text text 

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Keywords          : wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999