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Indent Multiline Text and Use Tabs
You can control how paragraphs are indented in a multiline text (mtext)
object. The ruler in the In-Place Text Editor shows the settings for the current
paragraph.
Tabs and indents that you set before you start to enter text apply to the whole
multiline text object. To apply different tabs and indents to individual
paragraphs, click in a single paragraph or select multiple paragraphs and then
change the settings.
Sliders on the ruler show indentation relative to the left side of the bounding
box. The top slider indents the first line of the paragraph, and the bottom
slider indents the other lines of the paragraph.
The long tick marks on the ruler show the default tab stops. If you click the
ruler to set your own tabs, the ruler displays a small, L-shaped marker at each
custom tab stop. You can delete a custom tab stop by dragging the marker off
the ruler.
To create paragraphs with hanging indentation
1 If the ribbon is active, double-click a multiline text object to open the
MTEXT ribbon contextual tab. If the ribbon is not active, the In-Place
Text Editor is displayed.
2 Select the paragraphs you want to indent.
3 On the ruler, slide the top indent marker to where you want the first line
of the paragraphs to start.
NOTE The ruler displays the tabs and indents that are set for the selected
paragraphs or, if no text is selected, the paragraph where the cursor is located.
The default tab stops are the long tick marks on the ruler. To set a custom
tab stop, click the ruler where you want the tab stop.
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