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Default Indent Size
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thank you.
Not exactly intuitive, is it ;-) Who would have thought that a drawing setting would control text indentation? Certainly not me! Apart from that point, I was aware of everything else you mentioned; and my settings were as you suggested. Rob "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... 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 |
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No, the connection to the drawing grid is not apparent. But it is
quite useful, once you learn about it. Note that you can override the grid if, occasionally, you need to specify different indents: just hold the Alt key whilst dragging the indent markers (this applies also to dragging tab stops and resizing table columns using the mouse). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Rob Parker" wrote in message ... Thank you. Not exactly intuitive, is it ;-) Who would have thought that a drawing setting would control text indentation? Certainly not me! Apart from that point, I was aware of everything else you mentioned; and my settings were as you suggested. Rob "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... 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 |
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