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Format Document With Hanging Indents in Microsoft Word
In word processing, a hanging indent is a paragraph that has all lines but the first indented. The first lines meet the left margin and the succeeding lines are indented at a fixed distance from the left margin. A hanging indent is also known as a hanging paragraph.
To format your document with hanging indents:
1. Open a Word document.
2. From the menu bar click on Format -- Paragraph.
3. In the Paragraph window, be sure the Indents and Spacing tab is selected. Under the Indentation category, click the button under Special: and click Hanging at the bottom of the list. Click the OK button.
