reverse indenting a paragraph

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reverse indenting a paragraph

I want to use word wrap around and have the first line of my paragraph to be at the margin. When the text goes to the second line and the following lines I want all the lines after the first line to be indented.

How do I do this?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 5, 2011 9:33 AM

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Answer 1

sandrift

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Jan 5, 2011 9:43 AM in response to 2golfers

If you cannot see the ruler at the top of the page, go to View > Show Rulers

1) Select your paragraph;

2) Look for the little blue inverted triangle at the left end of the ruler at the top of the page; grab the triangle and pull it to the right to wherever you want your indent to be;

3) Now grab the little blue bar above the triangle and pull it back to the left margin.

4) If your text is perfectly aligned, you may need to delete a tab at the beginning of the paragraph to get the first line all the way to the left margin.

Hope this helps.

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2golfers Author

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Jan 5, 2011 10:04 AM in response to sandrift

Perfect....thank you so much

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