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This has been a problem for as long as I have used word and I certainly hope
someone can help! When writing and the text goes to the next line, if I want
to add some spaces, I can not. I'm currently in a table, so tab goes to the
next cell. I want to indent the text for these two lines only. I can manually
space the first line but the next line will do nothing. Only if I add a
letter, the next letter can be spaced, but deleting the "added" letter
returns the text to the original position. How can I indent just this one
line, without redoing the margins ect.
Thank you so much...
chele
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You'll need to add a line break (Shift+Enter) at the end of the previous
line; then you can add spaces if desired, but a tab character would be
preferable, and you can insert that in a table using Ctrl+Tab.

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"chele_66" wrote in message
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This has been a problem for as long as I have used word and I certainly
hope
someone can help! When writing and the text goes to the next line, if I
want
to add some spaces, I can not. I'm currently in a table, so tab goes to
the
next cell. I want to indent the text for these two lines only. I can
manually
space the first line but the next line will do nothing. Only if I add a
letter, the next letter can be spaced, but deleting the "added" letter
returns the text to the original position. How can I indent just this one
line, without redoing the margins ect.
Thank you so much...
chele


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Thank you so much!! shift + enter was what worked in this situation...crtl +
tab added two tabs, put it further than the 5 spaces I was looking for. Can
not tell you how much frustration this has caused in my life!! I have several
friends that I will pass this on to as I am not the only one that has had
this problem!! Thank you Suzanne!
Have a great weekend knowing you have made more than just my day!!
cheers, chele

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You'll need to add a line break (Shift+Enter) at the end of the previous
line; then you can add spaces if desired, but a tab character would be
preferable, and you can insert that in a table using Ctrl+Tab.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"chele_66" wrote in message
...
This has been a problem for as long as I have used word and I certainly
hope
someone can help! When writing and the text goes to the next line, if I
want
to add some spaces, I can not. I'm currently in a table, so tab goes to
the
next cell. I want to indent the text for these two lines only. I can
manually
space the first line but the next line will do nothing. Only if I add a
letter, the next letter can be spaced, but deleting the "added" letter
returns the text to the original position. How can I indent just this one
line, without redoing the margins ect.
Thank you so much...
chele



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Ctrl+Tab won't insert two tab characters; possibly the paragraph already had
a hanging indent? Or it still had the spaces you inserted earlier? If you
display nonprinting characters (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm), it is a lot easier
to see what you're dealing with.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"chele_66" wrote in message
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Thank you so much!! shift + enter was what worked in this situation...crtl
+
tab added two tabs, put it further than the 5 spaces I was looking for.
Can
not tell you how much frustration this has caused in my life!! I have
several
friends that I will pass this on to as I am not the only one that has had
this problem!! Thank you Suzanne!
Have a great weekend knowing you have made more than just my day!!
cheers, chele

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You'll need to add a line break (Shift+Enter) at the end of the previous
line; then you can add spaces if desired, but a tab character would be
preferable, and you can insert that in a table using Ctrl+Tab.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"chele_66" wrote in message
...
This has been a problem for as long as I have used word and I certainly
hope
someone can help! When writing and the text goes to the next line, if I
want
to add some spaces, I can not. I'm currently in a table, so tab goes to
the
next cell. I want to indent the text for these two lines only. I can
manually
space the first line but the next line will do nothing. Only if I add a
letter, the next letter can be spaced, but deleting the "added" letter
returns the text to the original position. How can I indent just this
one
line, without redoing the margins ect.
Thank you so much...
chele





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