Paragraph Format

Ribbon bar. Select the Edit tab. In the Layout group, click Paragraph to display the Paragraph Format dialog box.

Classic menus. From the Format menu, select Paragraph to display the Paragraph Format dialog box.

These options control three aspects of paragraph formatting within the document: Indentation, Alignment, and Spacing.

Indentation

The options in the Indentation group are used to control the indention of the selected paragraph(s). You can control whether the indentation is measured in inches or centimeters. To measure in centimeters, select the Use metric measurements check box on the General tab of the Options dialog (accessed from the Tools - Options menu). To measure in inches, clear the Use metric measurements check box (the default setting).

Left

Use the Left field and the accompanying microscrolls to enter the distance from the left margin that the selected paragraph(s) will be indented.

Right

Use the Right field and the accompanying microscrolls to enter the distance from the right margin that the selected paragraph(s) will be indented.

First line

Use the First line field and the accompanying microscrolls to enter the distance from the left margin that the first line in the selected paragraph(s) will be indented.

Alignment

Use the Alignment box to choose Left, Center, or Right alignment for the selected paragraph(s). Note that you can also use the paragraph formatting toolbar buttons to specify alignment.

Spacing

Use the options in the Spacing group to control the line spacing of the selected paragraph(s).

Single

Select the Single option button to apply single spacing to the selected paragraph(s). Select the 1.5 option button to apply one-and-a-half line spacing to the selected paragraph(s)

1.5

Select the 1.5 option button to apply one-and-a-half line spacing to the selected paragraph(s)

Double

Select the Double option button to apply double spacing to the selected paragraph(s).

See also, Tabs.

OK. Click the OK button to accept the formatting specifications and close this dialog box.

Cancel. Click the Cancel button to exit this dialog box without making any changes.