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how do you indent a direct quote?
Hi, I am writting an essay and am not very good on computers, I need to
"indent" a direct quote and have no idea how to go about dong this! any help would be very much appreicated thank you Deni |
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how do you indent a direct quote?
There might be a 'clever' way of doing this, but if it was me, I'd just
select the block of text I wanted to indent, and drag the 'Left Indent' markers on the Ruler at the top of the screen in a little bit. (Word2000) Cheers, Chris. "Deni" wrote in message ... Hi, I am writting an essay and am not very good on computers, I need to "indent" a direct quote and have no idea how to go about dong this! any help would be very much appreicated thank you Deni |
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how do you indent a direct quote?
Another method is to use the Paragraph dialog box (which makes it
easier to set an exact value): On the Format menu, click Paragraph. Click the Indents and Spacing tab. At "Indentation," specify the desired value for "Left." For long documents, applying a style with the appropriately defined indentation is the best approach. See: Tips for understanding Microsoft Word styles http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html How to apply a style in Microsoft Word http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ApplyAStyle.html How to modify styles in Microsoft Word http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ifyAStyle.html Creating a Template – The Basics (Part I) http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart1.htm Creating a Template (Part II) http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart2.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "ChrisM" wrote in message ... There might be a 'clever' way of doing this, but if it was me, I'd just select the block of text I wanted to indent, and drag the 'Left Indent' markers on the Ruler at the top of the screen in a little bit. (Word2000) Cheers, Chris. "Deni" wrote in message ... Hi, I am writting an essay and am not very good on computers, I need to "indent" a direct quote and have no idea how to go about dong this! any help would be very much appreicated thank you Deni |
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how do you indent a direct quote?
Just adding to what Stefan suggested, you may also want to apply a Right
Indent as well to attain what would be called an "Inset Quote" - has a nice effect -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Another method is to use the Paragraph dialog box (which makes it easier to set an exact value): On the Format menu, click Paragraph. Click the Indents and Spacing tab. At "Indentation," specify the desired value for "Left." For long documents, applying a style with the appropriately defined indentation is the best approach. See: Tips for understanding Microsoft Word styles http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html How to apply a style in Microsoft Word http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ApplyAStyle.html How to modify styles in Microsoft Word http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ifyAStyle.html Creating a Template - The Basics (Part I) http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart1.htm Creating a Template (Part II) http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart2.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "ChrisM" wrote in message ... There might be a 'clever' way of doing this, but if it was me, I'd just select the block of text I wanted to indent, and drag the 'Left Indent' markers on the Ruler at the top of the screen in a little bit. (Word2000) Cheers, Chris. "Deni" wrote in message ... Hi, I am writting an essay and am not very good on computers, I need to "indent" a direct quote and have no idea how to go about dong this! any help would be very much appreicated thank you Deni |
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how do you indent a direct quote?
I use a paragraph style. I use body text for my basic style so I based the
quotation style on it. It is indented left and right, has single line spacing, and is a smaller font size than body text. The setting for following paragraph is body text, but could be the quotation style. I tend to just type the quotations and then select the paragarphs and apply the style. If you are writing anything important where you may be making changes in your formatting, you want to use styles rather than direct formatting. That way you can change the look of all of your quotations (or headings or body text) at once. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Deni" wrote in message ... Hi, I am writting an essay and am not very good on computers, I need to "indent" a direct quote and have no idea how to go about dong this! any help would be very much appreicated thank you Deni |
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how do you indent a direct quote?
Apply the built-in Block Text style, which has left and right indents built
in. You may find that these indents are excessive. If so, change them using the ruler or the Format | Paragraph dialog, then update the style to match the formatting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Deni" wrote in message ... Hi, I am writting an essay and am not very good on computers, I need to "indent" a direct quote and have no idea how to go about dong this! any help would be very much appreicated thank you Deni |
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