Indenting Left and Right Paragraph in a document

Indenting Left and Right Paragraph in a document

In document the space or distance between the page margin and the text in a paragraph is called indent. These are applied to set the margins of selected paragraph of document.

In a document, margins determine the overall width of the main text area first, or in other words, the space between the text and the edge of the pages. Indentation determines the distance of a paragraph from either left or right margins.

There are six types of indents that can be used in a document.
-First line indent is the distance between the first line of the paragraph and the left   margin.
-Left indent is the distance between the start of each line of

the paragraph and the left margin..........


-Right indent is the distance between the end of each line of the paragraph and the right margin.
-In hanging indent, the first line of the paragraph is not indented ,

all other lines start at same distance-- from the left margin... The first line 'of the paragraph usually starts from the left margin.

To indent a paragraph, follow these steps here.
-  Select the Paragraph , you want to indent.
-  Select the "Paragraph" command from "Format"-- drop down menu; "Paragraph" --dialog box appears.
-  Specify values in Left and Right fields of indentation, and click "Ok" button of dialog box.