figuring out Pages after only using MS WORD
I am starting to use Pages because my new Mac won't run my MS WORD program.
I found something that works differently on Pages, that doesn't seem to let me do what I always did in WORD. It doesn't make sense that it cannot be done in Pages so I am hoping someone can help me.
I need to be able to draft a document using automatic numbering, (which I know how to do in Pages), and to have the first line of each new paragraph indented one tab-space from the left margin, (first line indent), but all remaining lines in the paragraph to start from the left margin. Essentially, I believe the technical term is that I need to be able to adjust the Hanging Indent to the left margin, to the left of where the first line begins, or basically to where I want it. I attached an image below, (Figure 1), of a WORD document that looks the way it is supposed to.
However, what I found when used Pages to open and work on what was created using MS WORD is that the left edge of all of the text in the numbered paragraphs is moved over one tab space. It is not correct for what I need. The second image (Figure 2) shows how that looks. In Figure 2, the Pages document, the left edge of the numbered paragraphs is too far to the right. I did adjust line 2, but it would not do what I want.
How can I adjust so that, when I am using automatic numbering, the number on the first line begins one tab over from the left, and the text starts one tab to the right of that, and that all subsequent lines in the paragraph begin out to the left margin; like the way it looks in Figure 1?
If my question is not clear, please don't be afraid to ask.
Thank you.
WES
MacBook Air 15″
