Paragraph Menu

Paragraph Alignment (Left, Center, Right, Justify)

You can position the cursor anywhere on a line or block of text and set all paragraph formats for the current line or paragraph. You can also highlight a block of lines using.

Mouse: Position the cursor at the beginning of the block and depress the left button. While the left button is depressed, drag the mouse to the last line of the block and release the mouse.

Keystroke: Position the cursor at the beginning of the block and depress the shift key. Now, use the arrow keys to position the caret on the last character of the block and release the shift key. Normally, you can use any position key in combination with the shift key to advance or shrink the highlighted area.

Align text left (Normal):

Aligns the text left and resets all paragraph formats for the current paragraph or for all lines in a highlighted block of text to the right.

• Position the cursor on the line or paragraph to align.
• Click the Align Left button or select Align Left from the Paragraph menu.

Align text center:

Centers all lines in the current paragraph or all lines in a highlighted block of text.

• Position the cursor on the line or paragraph to align.
• Choose Center from the Paragraph menu.

Align text right:

Right Aligns all lines in the current paragraph or all lines in a highlighted block of text.

• Position the cursor on the line or paragraph to align.
• Choose Align Right from the Paragraph menu.

Justify:

Use this selection to justify the text on both left and right margins.

• Position the cursor on the line or paragraph to align.
• Choose Justify from the Paragraph menu.

Paragraph Double Space

Use this selection to double-space all lines in the current paragraph or all lines in a highlighted block of text. A double spaced paragraph has a blank line between each text line.

To double space text:

• Position the cursor on a line or a paragraph.
• Choose Double Space from the Paragraph menu.
  

Paragraph Indents (Left,Right, Hanging)

Indent Left:

Use this selection to create a left indentation for all lines in the currently highlighted block of text.

To apply:

• Place the cursor on the paragraphs you want to indent.
• Choose Indent Left from the Paragraph menu.

Indent Right:

Use this selection to create a right indentation for all lines in the current paragraph or for all lines in a highlighted block of text.

To apply:

• Place the cursor on the paragraphs you want to indent.
• Choose Indent Right from the Paragraph menu.

Hanging Indent:

Use this selection to create a hanging indentation for all highlighted paragraphs in the document. Hanging Indentation indents all lines after the first line in a paragraph to the right.

To apply:

• Place the cursor on the paragraphs you want to indent.
• Choose Hanging Indent from the Paragraph menu

Note:

• The successive use of these option increases the amount of indentation.
• You can also indent a paragraph using the Ruler.

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