Three Ways to Indent Paragraphs in Microsoft Word

This video was filmed in Word 2016. However, the steps are the same in Word 2019 and Word for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) and are similar in Word 2013 and Word 2010.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Indent Paragraphs with the Tab Key
1:12 Indent Paragraphs with the Ruler
2:09 Indent Paragraphs with the Paragraph Dialog Box

📝Companion Blog Post
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💻 Related Resources
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How to Use the Ruler in Microsoft Word

How to Adjust Page Margins in Microsoft Word

How to Create Hanging Indents in Microsoft Word

How to Change the Font, Font Size, and Font Color in Microsoft Word

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[kaisumpter]

I wish I could like this A MILLION TIMES, THANK YOU

[rexss]

Thank you! I'm attending college online and honestly was losing points on writing assignments because I wasn't indenting paragraphs. This helps so much.

[lupitasalas]

This brief tutorial is wonderful, It is clear, slow, visual and conducted with such a beautiful voice. Thank you for sharing your skills!

[swayamgohil]

It helped Your voice is very clear and easy to understand I CAN CLICK ON THAT LIKE BUTTON WITH MY EYES CLOSED THX

[germanymcg]

Great information: Thank you.
Another way to indent an entire paper on iPhone or iPad, using Microsoft Word, is a piece o cake as well.
1) Click on the original document, and hit “select all.”
2) With the document highlighted, go to the “A over pencil” symbol to the left of the keyboard symbol.
3) Click “ A/pencil” and go to “Paragraph Formatting.”
4) Hit “Special Indent “ then check the second box, that reads “First Line.”
The first line of of each paragraph should now be correctly indented. Each paragraph is identified
When you used a “hard return” in writing your original document.
I wrote a 188 page manuscript and used hard returns for each new paragraph but failed to indent each paragraph, thinking it would be easy later. And it was easy.
Now, while editing your paper, you can merely hit the hard return and your new paragraph will be automatically indented.

[kriskotaro]

Thanks for all these tutorials, Mme Wright.
(Good voice in-between).

[rickmarchetti]

Thank you so much. Your tutorials are so clear and easy to understand.

[adityaawasthi]

Thanks a lot madam, tomorrow is my skill test for Administrative Assistant post and it is really-rally very helpful.

[masscommunication]

Thanks for this. Just used this video to help me with MSW paragraph indentation as suggested by my professor in Nigeria.

[Sidd-pwez]

Excellently Presented... Thank you.. I was able to understand soo easily🥰

[saramomtaz]

Thank you so much : ) very helpful videos.

[katiewcarr]

Thanks for this - it's really well explained, but I can't get it to work! I'm writing a novel and want to set up a template (Word 2016) which will automatically indent the first line of each para.; pretty straightforward and common practice. I've followed your instructions and all seems fine - until I want to remove the indent for the first para of each chapter. I do this by putting the cursor at the start of the para and pressing the backspace key, and it works - but it seems to remove the formatting for all future paras, and when I go back to the paragraph box, the 'special' first line option has been wiped and I have to set it all over again.Please...how can I format a document to retain the para indent throughout while I'm working on it but alllow me to adjust individual paras as needed? Thank you!

[hussainbhat]

I appreciate you
You understand this very easily
But also in Ctrl +M

[charliefung]

Thank you! I couldn't find the ruler feature and was going crazy

[palchetangsoodo]

I want to indent lines other than the first line using Tab but I do not want the Hanging Indent to turn on.

[d.karenminiel]

You short video is the better one available on paragraphs indents as you do show the three ways to indent them. Thank you. However, by leaving the indent at .8, students will indent their paragraphs .8 rather than .5.

[Cherry.]

I love you, you have solved a major problem of mine, you're amazing

[carolinelatham]

Thank you for the tab key and the ruler BUT I am trying to write a script on the latest word system and am writing a script- this means I have the name of who is speaking on the left and then need the dialogue in the middle-
when I do it it doesn't seem to work for three lines at once and I'm basically going mad trying to work it out! your help would be much appreciated!!!