Paragraph Formats Objective 3.02: Implement paragraph formats

Essential Question What are the 3 ways to format paragraphs in keyed documents?

Paragraph Formats Indented – the first line, and ONLY the first line, of a paragraph is indented use the Tab key to indent paragraphs commonly used when formatting reports Example: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Block style – all lines of text are aligned with the left margin the first line of a paragraph is not indented commonly used when formatting letters and s Example: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Paragraph Formats

Hanging indent – all lines except the first line of text are indented the first line is flush with the left margin; each additional line is indented commonly used for works cited pages Example: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Setting a Hanging Indent 2: Click on the arrow in the bottom right-hand corner of the Paragraph tools group on the ribbon 3: Select Hanging from the drop down list 1: Select the text you wish to format with a hanging indent