Please do not reproduce or distribute this article in whole or part, in any form. back to the left margin. TrademarksLegal DisclaimersPrivacy StatementDo Not Sell My Personal Information. Drag this to where you want the hanging ident to be. you will find that the line that names each editor appears to hang outwards to the left. Under Indentation, choose Special. Sam Costello has been writing about tech since 2000. If you prefer to adhere Instructions apply to Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013. Thank you Michael C. for alerting me to and clearly describing this option! Under Special, select Hanging. Want to create a hanging indent or get rid of one thats driving you crazy? If you are new to designing websites, the beginner's guide is also infinitely easier Click the blue Apply button, and watch the magic happen. In the Styles group, right-click the Normal style. In the Paragraph group, select the dialog box launcher. Create a document in Google Docs, and add the text in which you want to add a hanging indent. From the indentation options, select the drop-down menu under Special indent, select Hanging, and select Apply. Click the Special drop-down menu, listed under the Indentation section of the Indents And Spacing tab. Highlight the whole list and right click to open the. ; Set the indent to 0.5 inches or 1.27cm. The example below uses padding-left to accomplish it, but you can also use For a hanging indent of 0.5 inches (1.27 cm), position the upper triangular marker at the border and drag the lower triangular marker to the first mark after 1 cm. Youre in the right place. Step 1: With a Word document open via Microsoft's online services, highlight the text that you want to change to a hanging indent. You can also apply the setting to several blocks of text at once by selecting multiple paragraphs. You can select a single paragraph or multiple paragraphs at a time. If necessary, change the default numeric value specified for Hanging using the entry field on the right. Mahesh Makvana is a freelance tech writer who specializes in writing how-to guides. The standard depth is 0.5 inches (1.27 cm). //-->, Only use this option if you understand that all formatting will be removed, Set up SAML authentication in your account. Press Return + Shift at the same time to create a line break (this will be invisible). You can create a hanging indent in Google Docs for some or all of your text. Here's how to create the same visual effect of a hanging indent using text wrapping: first line indented. A hanging indent is where the first line of a paragraph juts out to the left while the rest of the paragraph is neatly indented. //-->