Indenting in Apple Notes on a Mac

slobizman wrote:

On a Mac in Apple Notes, when I use the the Tab key to indent, it will only indent the first line of a paragraph. If I want the entire paragraph indented -- as if I am subordinating this paragraph to the one above -- I have to use the Format>Increase Indent or Cmd-] to properly indent the entire paragraph. Shouldn't the Tab key and the other methods I've mentioned work in the say way?

Is there a better way to indent an entire paragraph and not the just first line? I'd love the tab key to function like it does in virtually all note taking apps.

Example:

This is my higher level paragraph, which is all the way to the left margin.

This is my indented paragraph, and as you can see it is indenting the entire paragraph, not just the first line of the paragraph. I can write as many lines as I please and they all continue to be indented, as one would expect.

No, using the tab key will only indent the first line. That's the way it works in Word as well. In fact, for those people who still do indented first lines of paragraphs, that's exactly how it's done.

The correct way to do what you want is the Format>Increase indent. When using something like Word where you have more granular control of margins, you can also move the left margin to indent something but, generally, I find that to be more work.

Wonder if the solution in web notes can't indent lists - Apple Community would work on a Mac: " control-] indents, control-[ outdents." It certainly works on a PC, which I really appreciate!

LarryFromOregon wrote:

Wonder if the solution in web notes can't indent lists - Apple Community would work on a Mac: " control-] indents, control-[ outdents." It certainly works on a PC, which I really appreciate!

The poster to whom you're responding is aware of control-] indents, control-[ outdents. They wanted to be able to indent using the tab key. At least that's what they wanted seven months ago when this thread was last active.

Once you increase the indent, does it not stay indented until you change it? I'm not at my Mac at the moment so I can't test it but, that's how it works on my iPhone. Each new paragraph is indented.

It can be difficult, once you've gotten used to one thing to change to something else. I've never experienced the behavior you describe but, I've also never heard of the note apps you mentioned.