In this screen cast, I will explain how to quickly and easily make custom tabs and indents using the horizontal ruler in Microsoft Word on a Mac. How to insert tabs and indents in Microsoft Word for Mac Hi my name is Heidi and today I am explaininghow to make custom indents and tabs usingthe horizontal ruler in Microsoft Word ona Mac. Knowing how to make custom indentations iscrucial for writing papers, creating workscited pages, and making other custom documents. To indent the first line of every paragraphin a paper you are writing, highlight theparagraph, and then simply go to the horizontalruler on top of the page. Find the 'FirstLine Indent' Marker. As you can see, ifyou hover your mouse over the marker, it says'First Line Indent. Drag it to the. Your paragraph is now indented on the firstline. Now, if you press the Return key, itwill automatically be indented at the beginningof every paragraph. All of this can also be done before you starttyping. Related Articles. How to Fix a Frozen Application or Frozen Mac. How to Install Adobe apps: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, etc. ![]() Just go through the same process ofmarking the tab on the ruler at the. Your paragraph will be indented on the firstline now. If you want to remove it, just highlight theparagraph, or begin a new paragraph, and dragthe First line Indent tab back to the 0 position. Hanging indentation, which is used most commonlyfor works cited pages, is done in a similarmanner. Many times, students will type theirworks cited and manually press the space baror tab button to make a hanging indentation. However, notice that this takes a lot of timeand if I wanted to edit the text in the citation, it can get messed up. For an easier and more effective way of makea hanging indentation, use the horizontalruler on top of the page. However, insteadof using the 'First Line Indent Marker'like we did before, use the 'Hanging Indent'Marker. Highlight your citations, and thenslide the 'Hanging Indent' marker overto the. Now, if you want to edita citation, the hanging indent stays in place. Now we'll go on to setting tab stops. On Microsoft Word, setting tab stops can beuseful for making menus, lists of phone numbers, creating matching lists, etc. To do this, first decide which type of tabsyou want to create. For example, if I decideI would want to make a matching list, I wouldwant one list on the left side and then Iwould want their matching words on the right. Since I want the second list to be neatlylined up on the right of the screen, I'mgoing to make sure it will be left alignedby clicking on the Tab drop down menu on theleft top side of the screen. Notice how there'sdifferent options. Left, Center, Right, Decimal, Bar. I'm going to click 'Left' to makeit left aligned. Now, click on a spot on thehorizontal ruler close to the right.forexample, at the 4. Notice that there is a little 'Left aligned'arrow there now. ![]() This means there is a tabstop at the 4. I can now starttyping my matching list. Now when I presstab, my typing starts at the 4. If I want a third list, I just have to highlightwhat I've written, click on a spot in themiddle of two lists on the horizontal bar, and create a new tab. Notice, when I presstab again after the first row, I can makea new list. Three lists can also be made before you typeanything. Just set the tab stops where youwant them on the horizontal ruler in the sameway I showed you before and start typing!A list can also have tab leaders. First, placea tab stop wherever you want it to be on thehorizontal ruler. I'll place mine at the4 position. To add Leaders, go to the tabdrop down menu on the far left of the horizontalruler. Click 'Tabs.' And then go downto 'Leader. Also notice that in thismenu you can choose your alignment, you canchoose your leader, and you can choose whereyou want it to be. However, on the horizontalruler, it's much quicker and easier. Now, back to the leader. If I wanted to choose'Dots' I would click'Dots. Now, clickOkay. If I were making a table of contentsor a program for a show, 'Dots' wouldbe the best choice. Now, when I press Tabkey, a line of dots will lead to the songthat Penelope Smith will be performing. Also, if I decide that I don't want thetabs spanning across the entire document, I can move them closer by first highlightingmy list and then finding the tabs on the horizontalruler at the top of the page and then draggingthem to a new spot. Elon University, CIS 220 class, Microsoft Office, Screencast, Word 2007.
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