I want to turn OFF all those pesky automatic formatting things in Word. I
want to type my own numbers and letters for paragraphs and be able to indent
a whole paragraph MANUALLY (a la Wordperfect). Is this possible in Word?
Thanks!

You can create indents with the Format | Paragraph dialog or by dragging the
indent markers on the ruler. You can indent a paragraph to the first tab
stop with Ctrl+M or create a hanging indent with Ctrl+T. But the best
solution is to apply a style. If you use the built-in List style, you will
already have a hanging indent (which you can customize to suit yourself),
and you can type your numbers manually, press Tab, and be at the indented
left margin.

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"Word Maven" Word wrote in message
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I want to turn OFF all those pesky automatic formatting things in Word. I
want to type my own numbers and letters for paragraphs and be able to
indent
a whole paragraph MANUALLY (a la Wordperfect). Is this possible in Word?
Thanks!

Also see here, re pesky things and numbers:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm


On 3/7/06 4:47 PM, "Word Maven" wrote:

I want to turn OFF all those pesky automatic formatting things in Word. I
want to type my own numbers and letters for paragraphs and be able to indent
a whole paragraph MANUALLY (a la Wordperfect). Is this possible in Word?
Thanks!

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