In Microsoft Word for Mac computers, the Paragraph dialog box is used to add and adjust hanging indents. Use a hanging indent in a document when you want to keep the first line of a paragraph aligned with the left margin while subsequent lines in the paragraph are indented in from the left margin. Adjust the amount of indent from the default in the paragraph formatting toolbar. Select “Hanging Indent” from the formatting options. Select the “Styles and Formatting” window located in the drop down menu. Open Office Hanging Indent Open your document in Open Office. Choose the size of the indent to the left of the list. Choose the “Indents and Spacing” section of the Paragraph formatting box. Click the “Format” menu in the top horizontal toolbar. MS Word Hanging Indent Open your Microsoft Word document. Select your required Indentation from the Left side of the cell and your required Hanging indent size then click OK. The Paragraph dialog box will be displayed. Select the bulleted lists within the table, then on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group click the dialog box launcher at the bottom right. Click or tap in front of the text or numbers you want to indent, and then press CTRL+TAB. Under Follow number with:, select Space and click OK.Select Adjust List Indents from the menu.Highlight the numbered list then right click.To create a hanging indent on a numbered list, please follow these steps. How do you do a hanging indent on a numbered list? 3 How do you indent the dots in a table?.1 How do you do a hanging indent on a numbered list?.Above paragraphĮnter the amount of space that you want to leave above the selected paragraph(s). Specify the amount of space to leave between selected paragraphs. The setting in the First Line box is ignored. AutomaticĪutomatically indents a paragraph according to the font size and the line spacing. To indent the first line of a paragraph that uses numbering or bullets, choose " Format - Bullets and Numbering - Position". To create a hanging indent enter a positive value for "Before text" and a negative value for "First line". Indents the first line of a paragraph by the amount that you enter. In Right-to-Left languages, the left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin. In Left-to-Right languages, the right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a negative number. After textĮnter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page margin. In Right-to-Left languages, the right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin. In Left-to-Right languages, the left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin. Before textĮnter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page margin. Specify the amount of space to leave between the left and the right page margins and the paragraph. Choose Format - Paragraph - Indents & Spacing tab.Ĭhoose View - Styles - open context menu of an entry and choose Modify/New - Indents & Spacing tab.