Monday, December 13, 2010

Microsoft Word 2010: Hanging Indent

This post explains the steps to format a list with a hanging indent, using Microsoft Word 2010. In this example, I am starting out with a list of references which are indented to the left.


1. Highlight the text to be formatted.
2. On the Ribbon, next to the word "Paragraph" click the chevron to open the paragraph formatting window.
3. Beneath the Indentation heading, set the "Special" field to "Hanging" and set the "By" field to "0.5."
4. Click OK


5. At that point, the list should be reformatted with a hanging indent.

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48 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:06 PM EST

    Thanks! This really helped. :)

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  2. Anonymous6:01 AM EST

    Thank you so much! Your step-by-step explanation is perfect!

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  3. Anonymous1:34 AM EDT

    Awesome!

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  4. TomBarbs10:13 AM EDT

    Lifesaver :)

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  5. Anonymous3:25 PM EDT

    Thank you! I'm a librarian and I couldn't figure it out!

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  6. Anonymous9:28 PM EDT

    Thank you so much!

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  7. Danny5:33 PM EDT

    Thank you so much! In my opinion, the help file in Word is nearly useless.

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  8. Michelle9:51 PM EDT

    Thank you so much!!!! I have been struggling with this through several assignments. Your explanation is perfect!

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  9. Anonymous8:08 AM EDT

    thank you: very helpful

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  10. Anonymous12:10 AM EDT

    It is just so easy when you know what to do!! Thanks! :)

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  11. Anonymous6:27 AM EDT

    Kia ora and thank you for that most excellent explanation!!!!

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  12. SleepingUgly6:13 PM EDT

    Is there a keyboard shortcut for hanging indents?

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  13. Anonymous2:15 PM EDT

    Thank you so much for helping those of us who are just about computer illiterate!

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  14. Anonymous4:24 PM EDT

    Thank you so much! I've been fighting with my computer for a half hour!

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  15. Anonymous4:48 PM EDT

    this help blog was awesome!!!!thanx Nicholas!!

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  16. Anonymous1:08 AM EDT

    Paper complete! Thanks!

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  17. Anonymous10:54 PM EST

    This would have taken me forever, thank you so much!!!

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  18. Anonymous11:16 AM EST

    You rock! Thanks.

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  19. Anonymous11:27 AM EST

    Thank you. This helped a ton!

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  20. Anonymous2:37 PM EST

    Thank you very much! I have been wondering how to do this.

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  21. Anonymous10:20 PM EST

    Thank you. I struggled for a long time before giving up and looking for instructions.

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  22. Anonymous12:12 PM EDT

    THANK YOU SO MUCH TREMENDOUS HELP.

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  23. Anonymous9:20 PM EDT

    Thank you so much!!! :) I could not figure this out for the longest time...

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  24. Anonymous12:10 PM EDT

    I wish I could 'like' this post

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  25. Anonymous10:35 AM EDT

    Ah ha, that's where they hid it. :)

    Thanks

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  26. Anonymous10:59 PM EDT

    thank you! thank you! thank you!

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  27. Anonymous12:53 PM EDT

    thanks for saving my paper!!

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  28. Anonymous1:29 PM EDT

    Thanks so much. I spent so much time trying and went tp paragraph multi times. Never even noticed the chevron. Thanks again.

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  29. Anonymous1:57 PM EDT

    Thank you for taking the time to help us out! :)

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  30. I'm Just Saying...9:37 AM EDT

    You are AWESOME! Thank you!

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  31. I'm Just Saying...9:38 AM EDT

    You are AWESOME! Thank You!

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  32. I'm Just Saying...9:39 AM EDT

    You are AWESOME! Thank You!

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  33. Anonymous3:03 PM EDT

    Couldn't be easier to follow. Thanks for taking the time to share.

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  34. Unknown8:04 PM EDT

    Right on time. Thanks for the help.

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  35. Beth10:07 AM EDT

    Thank you. Here is a shortcut to complete the same task.

    Select paragraph and press "Ctrl-T" - this will create a hanging indent using default margin settings.

    Press same keys again to increase indent spacing.

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  36. Anonymous12:46 PM EDT

    Thank you so much!!!! :DDDDD Nice and concise. Your screenshots were really helpful.

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  37. Anonymous6:14 PM EDT

    Thank you so much! I could not figure this out for the life of me!

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  38. Anonymous8:52 AM EDT

    Thank you Mr. Bisciotti. Thank you.

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  39. Anonymous9:49 PM EST

    thank you so much. that was super helpful!

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  40. Anonymous10:37 PM EST

    Two seconds here as opposed to 2 hours in Word help! Many Thanks!

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  41. Anonymous12:24 PM EST

    Thank you so much. I kept trying to do the hanging indents for a huge paper I have and decided to look it up. Your step-by-step instructions were so helpful and easy to follow! Your the best!

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  42. Unknown5:00 AM EST

    Thank You :)

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  43. Unknown5:00 AM EST

    Thank You :)

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  44. Anonymous12:58 PM EST

    Thank you so much you rock 8th grader

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  45. Anonymous1:42 AM EST

    Thank you so much!!

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  46. Marcy Patterson1:29 PM EDT

    This was so helpful! Thank you so much!

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  47. Anonymous6:38 PM EDT

    VERY HELPFUL! THANKS SO MUCH!

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  48. Anonymous5:34 PM EST

    Thank you !

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