Set the unit of measurement to centimeters, in Tools | Options,
General tab.
On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, and then click Grid. Set the
horizontal and vertical spacing to 0.5 cm. Make sure that "Snap
objects to grid" is checked. Click Default to store the new settings
in the attached template. (Clicking OK changes it for the current
document, only.)
Now you can drag the indent indicators in increments of 0.5 cm.
If, in addition, you set the default tab stops to 0.5 cm (in Format |
Tabs), you can press Ctrl+M each time you want to increase the left
indent by 0.5 cm. (Ctrl+Shift+M outdents in the same increments.) And
you can use Ctrl+T to set a hanging indent.
Alternatively, set up the List series of styles as an indented
outline-numbered list (but without numbering formatting), and you can
promote and demote levels as in a numbered list. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html.
--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Rob Parker" wrote in message
...
Hi Bob,
Sadly, this doesn't help at all.
I realize that I could do this, but it's not what I want. Quite
apart from
the fact that I would have to set up a para style for each possible
indent
setting, I want to control the intervals at which the indent
pointers on the
ruler stop. I do not want them in imperial units, I want them in a
useful
multiple of metric units (in my case, 0.5cm seems ) quite
satisfactory. I
want to be able to drag the indent pointers and have them stop at
positions
which will co-incide with my default tabs settings, not somewhere
near them.
Are you saying that this can't be done? Is this yet another
instance of the
Microsoft "work the way we want you to" philosophy?
Rob
"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
You're best option is to create a paragraph Style that includes
the
settings
you want, including precise indentation specs.
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 11/15/06 9:42 PM, in article
,
"Rob
Parker" wrote:
Using Word XP:
How do I change the default indent size (or indent spacing, if
they are
different)? I want to set it to 0.5cm, rather than 0.63". In
particular, I
want the indent pointers on the ruler to click to 0.5cm
intervals, rather
than 0.63" intervals.
I can set the default tab spacing to 0.5cm (or, as I more
commonly use, 1
cm); however, this does not affect the indent spacing. And I
can't find
anything in the Help file, or by a quick newsgroup search in the
ms.public.word.* groups.
TIA,
Rob