Paragraph Format
Ribbon bar. Select the Edit tab. In the Layout group, click Paragraph to display the Paragraph Format dialog.
Classic menus. From the Format menu, select Paragraph to display the Paragraph Format dialog.
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
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.
Cancel. Click the Cancel button to exit this dialog without making any changes.