1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*4effe28eSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*4effe28eSAndrew Rist * with the License. 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To display the ruler, choose <item type="menuitem">View - Ruler</item>.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="unordered"> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4013794" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Paragraph - Indents & Spacing</item> to change the indents for the current paragraph or for all selected paragraphs. You can also <link href="text/swriter/guide/ruler.xhp" name="ruler">set indents using the ruler</link>.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1631824" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click a paragraph and choose <item type="menuitem">Edit Paragraph Style - Indents & Spacing</item> to change the indents for all paragraphs that have the same Paragraph Style.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7271645" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Indents are calculated with respect to the left and right page margins. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a negative number. </paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2136295" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The indents are different regarding the writing direction. For example, look at the <item type="menuitem">Before text </item>indent value in left-to-right languages. The left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin. In right-to-left languages, the right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin.</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4186223" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">For a hanging indent, enter a positive value for <item type="menuitem">Before text</item> and a negative value for <item type="menuitem">First line</item>.</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1491134" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/05030100.xhp">Format - Paragraph - Indents & Spacing</link></paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/ruler.xhp#ruler"/> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp#templates_styles"/> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>