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How do I reverse indent?

Asked by jscottcoe@earthlink.net

I would like to be able to reverse indent (first line on left margin, following lines indented) in Writer, but when I click and drag the bottom triangle on the ruler it pulls the entire margin, rather than setting a reverse indent like in MS Word. Could someone show me how to do this in OoWriter? Thanks!

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello

Indents are adjusted with the three small triangles on the horizontal ruler or use the “Paragraph” window > “Indents & Spacing” tab by double-clicking anywhere on the horizontal ruler.

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      To change the left or the right paragraph indent, highlight the paragraph(s) that you want to change the indent, drag the bottom left or the bottom right triangle on the horizontal ruler to a new location.
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      To change the first line indent of a selected paragraph, drag the top left triangle on the Horizontal Ruler to a new location.
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      You can adjust the indents by double-clicking anywhere on the Horizontal Ruler and adjust the indents in the Paragraph dialog. (The “Paragraph” window appears.)

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Bhavani Shankar.

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Kelvin Gardiner (kelvingardiner) said : 		#2

Set up the text with the indent as required. Select the paragraph you want to reverse indent. Go to the Format menu and choose Paragraph. In the Indent and Spacing tab change the the value of First Line in the Indent section to be -xx as required.

There maybe an easier way to do this but I don't know of one.

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