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Second line of paragraph won't indent like I need it to
Hello,
I am working on a legal document someone else created. I can't get the 2nd line in one of their paragraphs to indent like I need it to. the They have the following sentence: Tab 0.5 Tab 1.0 Tab 1.5 Tab 6.5 | | | | (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsection 2(a) are due and made payable at the closing, etc., etc. I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". For now I've just put a paragraph break after the word "are" at the end of the first line and that works my indenting problem but the whole document is full justified and that leaves a big blank space after the "are" and it makes that word along the right margin uneven. This is a legal document and has to look just right, can anyone help me out, please? Thanks in advance. |
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Second line of paragraph won't indent like I need it to
"Studebaker" wrote: I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be
indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". I suspect there is a tab character in your first line, nonetheless, 0.5" + 0.5" is only 1.0" and not 1.5". If you set the hanging indent to 1", does that solve your problem? Steven Craig Miller Hello, I am working on a legal document someone else created. I can't get the 2nd line in one of their paragraphs to indent like I need it to. the They have the following sentence: Tab 0.5 Tab 1.0 Tab 1.5 Tab 6.5 | | | | (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsection 2(a) are due and made payable at the closing, etc., etc. I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". For now I've just put a paragraph break after the word "are" at the end of the first line and that works my indenting problem but the whole document is full justified and that leaves a big blank space after the "are" and it makes that word along the right margin uneven. This is a legal document and has to look just right, can anyone help me out, please? Thanks in advance. |
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Second line of paragraph won't indent like I need it to
Hello,
No, if I try to change the left indent from 0.5" or the hanging indent from 0.5" to anything else it will move the whole thing--the (f) and/or the (1). I need them to stay stationary and the 2nd line of text to line up with the 1st line of text. Ex: (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsections 2(a), 2(b), and 2(d) above shall be due and If you or anyone could help, I would appreciate it!! Thanks! "StevenM" wrote: "Studebaker" wrote: I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". I suspect there is a tab character in your first line, nonetheless, 0.5" + 0.5" is only 1.0" and not 1.5". If you set the hanging indent to 1", does that solve your problem? Steven Craig Miller Hello, I am working on a legal document someone else created. I can't get the 2nd line in one of their paragraphs to indent like I need it to. the They have the following sentence: Tab 0.5 Tab 1.0 Tab 1.5 Tab 6.5 | | | | (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsection 2(a) are due and made payable at the closing, etc., etc. I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". For now I've just put a paragraph break after the word "are" at the end of the first line and that works my indenting problem but the whole document is full justified and that leaves a big blank space after the "are" and it makes that word along the right margin uneven. This is a legal document and has to look just right, can anyone help me out, please? Thanks in advance. |
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Second line of paragraph won't indent like I need it to
Studebaker,
If you toggle the Pilcrow (the Paragraph symbol -- it looks like a P but facing the opposite direction) so to reveal the invisible codes, what do you see before and after "(f)"? (A tab character should look like an arrow -) See: http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm The "Show/Hide" icon is a Pilcrow or Paragraph mark. So, do you have: (f) - (1) - All cash fees payable under ... And then you want the next line to line up under the "A" of "All cash ..", yes? I got it to work with Indent 0.5" & Hanging Indent 1" You wrote: if I try to change the left indent from 0.5" or the hanging indent from 0.5" to anything else it will move the whole thing--the (f) and/or the (1). Why would changing the "hanging indent" change anything on the first line? That does not make any sense. Unless the line before the line with (f) does not end with a paragraph mark. So, again toggle on the Pilcrow (Paragraph Mark), does the line before the line with "(f) - (1) - All cash ..." end with a Paragraph mark? Steven Craig Miller "Studebaker" wrote: Hello, No, if I try to change the left indent from 0.5" or the hanging indent from 0.5" to anything else it will move the whole thing--the (f) and/or the (1). I need them to stay stationary and the 2nd line of text to line up with the 1st line of text. Ex: (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsections 2(a), 2(b), and 2(d) above shall be due and If you or anyone could help, I would appreciate it!! Thanks! "StevenM" wrote: "Studebaker" wrote: I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". I suspect there is a tab character in your first line, nonetheless, 0.5" + 0.5" is only 1.0" and not 1.5". If you set the hanging indent to 1", does that solve your problem? Steven Craig Miller Hello, I am working on a legal document someone else created. I can't get the 2nd line in one of their paragraphs to indent like I need it to. the They have the following sentence: Tab 0.5 Tab 1.0 Tab 1.5 Tab 6.5 | | | | (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsection 2(a) are due and made payable at the closing, etc., etc. I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". For now I've just put a paragraph break after the word "are" at the end of the first line and that works my indenting problem but the whole document is full justified and that leaves a big blank space after the "are" and it makes that word along the right margin uneven. This is a legal document and has to look just right, can anyone help me out, please? Thanks in advance. |
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Second line of paragraph won't indent like I need it to
Changing the hanging indent would change the first line because it (by
default) sets a tab stop at the position of the hanging indent, which then overrides the built-in tab stops to the left of it. It will be necessary to explicitly set a tab stop at 1" in order to make this work. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "StevenM" stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net wrote in message ... Studebaker, If you toggle the Pilcrow (the Paragraph symbol -- it looks like a P but facing the opposite direction) so to reveal the invisible codes, what do you see before and after "(f)"? (A tab character should look like an arrow -) See: http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm The "Show/Hide" icon is a Pilcrow or Paragraph mark. So, do you have: (f) - (1) - All cash fees payable under ... And then you want the next line to line up under the "A" of "All cash ..", yes? I got it to work with Indent 0.5" & Hanging Indent 1" You wrote: if I try to change the left indent from 0.5" or the hanging indent from 0.5" to anything else it will move the whole thing--the (f) and/or the (1). Why would changing the "hanging indent" change anything on the first line? That does not make any sense. Unless the line before the line with (f) does not end with a paragraph mark. So, again toggle on the Pilcrow (Paragraph Mark), does the line before the line with "(f) - (1) - All cash ..." end with a Paragraph mark? Steven Craig Miller "Studebaker" wrote: Hello, No, if I try to change the left indent from 0.5" or the hanging indent from 0.5" to anything else it will move the whole thing--the (f) and/or the (1). I need them to stay stationary and the 2nd line of text to line up with the 1st line of text. Ex: (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsections 2(a), 2(b), and 2(d) above shall be due and If you or anyone could help, I would appreciate it!! Thanks! "StevenM" wrote: "Studebaker" wrote: I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". I suspect there is a tab character in your first line, nonetheless, 0.5" + 0.5" is only 1.0" and not 1.5". If you set the hanging indent to 1", does that solve your problem? Steven Craig Miller Hello, I am working on a legal document someone else created. I can't get the 2nd line in one of their paragraphs to indent like I need it to. the They have the following sentence: Tab 0.5 Tab 1.0 Tab 1.5 Tab 6.5 | | | | (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsection 2(a) are due and made payable at the closing, etc., etc. I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". For now I've just put a paragraph break after the word "are" at the end of the first line and that works my indenting problem but the whole document is full justified and that leaves a big blank space after the "are" and it makes that word along the right margin uneven. This is a legal document and has to look just right, can anyone help me out, please? Thanks in advance. |
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Second line of paragraph won't indent like I need it to
I have been using a tabstop at both 0.5" and 1" to attempt to replicate
Studebaker's situation, and my text was formatting as needed. But you're right, the fist tab is not needed, only one at 1". Steven Craig Miller "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Changing the hanging indent would change the first line because it (by default) sets a tab stop at the position of the hanging indent, which then overrides the built-in tab stops to the left of it. It will be necessary to explicitly set a tab stop at 1" in order to make this work. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "StevenM" stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net wrote in message ... Studebaker, If you toggle the Pilcrow (the Paragraph symbol -- it looks like a P but facing the opposite direction) so to reveal the invisible codes, what do you see before and after "(f)"? (A tab character should look like an arrow -) See: http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm The "Show/Hide" icon is a Pilcrow or Paragraph mark. So, do you have: (f) - (1) - All cash fees payable under ... And then you want the next line to line up under the "A" of "All cash ..", yes? I got it to work with Indent 0.5" & Hanging Indent 1" You wrote: if I try to change the left indent from 0.5" or the hanging indent from 0.5" to anything else it will move the whole thing--the (f) and/or the (1). Why would changing the "hanging indent" change anything on the first line? That does not make any sense. Unless the line before the line with (f) does not end with a paragraph mark. So, again toggle on the Pilcrow (Paragraph Mark), does the line before the line with "(f) - (1) - All cash ..." end with a Paragraph mark? Steven Craig Miller "Studebaker" wrote: Hello, No, if I try to change the left indent from 0.5" or the hanging indent from 0.5" to anything else it will move the whole thing--the (f) and/or the (1). I need them to stay stationary and the 2nd line of text to line up with the 1st line of text. Ex: (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsections 2(a), 2(b), and 2(d) above shall be due and If you or anyone could help, I would appreciate it!! Thanks! "StevenM" wrote: "Studebaker" wrote: I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". I suspect there is a tab character in your first line, nonetheless, 0.5" + 0.5" is only 1.0" and not 1.5". If you set the hanging indent to 1", does that solve your problem? Steven Craig Miller Hello, I am working on a legal document someone else created. I can't get the 2nd line in one of their paragraphs to indent like I need it to. the They have the following sentence: Tab 0.5 Tab 1.0 Tab 1.5 Tab 6.5 | | | | (f) (1) All cash fees payable under Subsection 2(a) are due and made payable at the closing, etc., etc. I need the 2nd line, "due and made payable...", to be indented at Tab 1.5 underneath the 1st line, "All cash fees payable..." The Paragraph Indentation dialog box shows Left Indent at 0.5" and a Hanging Indent By 0.5". For now I've just put a paragraph break after the word "are" at the end of the first line and that works my indenting problem but the whole document is full justified and that leaves a big blank space after the "are" and it makes that word along the right margin uneven. This is a legal document and has to look just right, can anyone help me out, please? Thanks in advance. |
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