How to Indent Paragraphs in Google Docs | Customize Indents with the Ruler

In this video, we’ll be showing you how to indent paragraphs in Google Docs.

Indentation is a common feature of most word processors and are a great start for a paragraph or when formatting a bibliography. If you want to learn how to format your text with indentations, then this video is for you! Let’s go ahead and format this Document with indentations.

1. To indent you can simply hit the Tab key on your keyboard, but we want more control than that.
2. You will need the ruler to indent. If it’s not on, click View at the top and then Show ruler.
3. On the ruler there is an upper blue bar and a lower arrow. The upper bar controls the very first line of a paragraph and the lower arrow controls the rest of the paragraph. When you move the lower arrow the top bar also moves, so you’ll need to move the upper bar back if you want them to be different. Half an inch is a standard indentation.
4. To apply indentation to your entire document, press Ctrl+A to select all and then change the ruler indentations.

Now you can fine-tune the indentations of your paragraphs!

❓💬 What other features of Google Docs would you like to learn? Let us know in the comments below.

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[jaygonzalez]

you made it so easy by showing the two separate features on the ruler. Thank you!

[marcykrever]

This was clear and incredibly helpful. I came to it after reading instructions online, in two separate places, that were different. And didn't work. Thank you so much.

[Echo-o-o]

THANK YOU! Nowhere else could I discover how to indent all paragraphs at once, and I had no idea wthe blue bar over the blue down-arrow did, 1, 000, 000 thanks.

[mariarivera-rirx]

Thank you so much my competition in journalism would start at Jan 20 2024 and we will use laptop but i dont know how to indent, all of the videos that i watched isnt clear but i understand urs

[RaisingKidsToBeSuperAchievers]

Why is it NOBODY tells the viewer whether they're using a MAC or a PC? People not using what the trainer is using waste time looking for contols which aren't there - leaves them wondering if the video is outdated - or wondering if the trainer is on a MAC vs PC.

[aki-uipk]

THANK YOU i accidentally made it so that i couldnt see the ruler and i had no idea how to get it back. i tried everything!!! i tried to look for videos but none came up. this helped a lot thank you

[deplorablerdk]

Thank you so much. I've typed 400 pages and had to hit tab on my paragraphs; I couldn't figure out how to have it do it automatically.

[ukelady]

Hello, i would like to indent the first line of each paragraph, but this method with the ruler is indenting all the first lines, even when they're just titles and not paragraphs. How can i do to have a set up who only indents the first line of each paragraph ? Thanks !

[gaara]

Bro thank you so much idk why this was such a struggle for me. I had my paper written out already and didn't want to retype all that shit lmfaoo

[richardreymendez]

I indent/Align my Chapter title to the center just fine. But when I Align/Indent my beginning paragraph back to the left again, my title goes to the left side with it. HOW DO I FIX THIS???

[Anita-wcqg]

Question please would I write my paragraph first in Google then go back and do my indentationa in Google Docs Does Ctrl A automatically indent the full paragraph in Google Docs ?

[Sonderson-B]

I wanna do this but on mobile i need help

[clintdiamond]

Is there a way to apply a custom indent to a bulleted outline? Can't find anything anywhere.

[jaygonzalez]

you made it so easy by showing the two separate features on the ruler. Thank you!