Set indentation, tabs, and margins
To set indentation and tabs, choose Show Ruler from the View menu and adjust the markers.
You can adjust the margins by dragging the vertical and horizontal margin lines.
To realign text in a paragraph, choose Left, Center, Right, or Justify from the Format
Text
Alignment menu.
Ruler markers:
| - left margin (not editable)
- right margin (not editable)
- body indents (left and right)
- first-line indent
- left tab
- center tab
- right tab
- decimal tab
- default tab
- left tab with a dot leader
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| Adjust markers by dragging them along the scale of the ruler. The markers adjust the paragraph that contains the insertion point or the current selection.
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| You cannot move default tabs on the ruler.
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| Markers will snap to the ruler tick marks if you hold down the Shift key while dragging.
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| The first-line indentation marker indents the first line of a paragraph. The body indentation marker adjusts the rest of the lines of the paragraph.
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| Indents are set relative to the margins, so adjusting the margins will move the indents so that they have the same relative position to the margins.
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| Changing the margin lines will change the margin markers. Margin markers are not editable.
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| You can also use the keyboard to move the margins (see ).
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See also