Using Tab to indent the first line of a paragraph in a Word document is inefficient and unnecessary. By setting a simple option, you can skip Tab and go right to typing text.

You can create a hanging indent on Word by adjusting the format options of the document. Hanging indents are a paragraph formatting option where the first line is at the margin and subsequent ...

OpenOffice.org Writer gives you two ways to change the indentation in your documents: visually or numerically. Either method allows you to alter left, right and first-line indentation.

Iindent options are available for single line tabbing and right- or left-side paragraph indentation. Word provides handy tools that facilitate creating indents in your documents.

If a series of consecutive paragraphs or citations need hanging indent formatting, you can highlight them all and complete the steps above to change everything at once.