<metaname="description"content="Change paragraph indents: the first line offset from the left part of the page as well as the paragraph offset from the left and right sides of the page"/>
<p>In Document Editor, you can change the first line offset from the left part of the page as well as the paragraph offset from the left and right sides of the page.</p>
<p>To do that,</p>
<ol>
<li>put the cursor within the paragraph you need, or select several paragraphs with the mouse or all the text in the document by pressing the <b>Ctrl+A</b> key combination,</li>
<li>click the right mouse button and select the <b>Paragraph Advanced Settings</b> option from the menu or use the <b>Show advanced settings</b> link at the right sidebar,</li>
<li>in the opened <b>Paragraph - Advanced Settings</b> window, set the needed indent for the <b>first line</b> and paragraph offset from the <b>left</b> and <b>right</b> sides of the page,</li>
<li>click the <b>OK</b> button.
<p><imgalt="Paragraph Advanced Settings - Indents & Placement"src="../images/paradvsettings_indents.png"/></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>To quickly change the paragraph offset from the left side of the page, you can also use the respective icons at the top toolbar: <b>Decrease Indent</b><imgalt="Decrease Indent"src="../images/decreaseindent.png"/> and <b>Increase Indent</b><imgalt="Increase Indent"src="../images/increaseindent.png"/>.</p>
<p>You can also use the horizontal <b>ruler</b> to set indents.</p>
<p>Select the necessary paragraph(s) and drag the indent markers along the ruler.</p>
<ul>
<li><b>First Line Indent</b> marker <imgalt="First Line Indent marker"src="../images/firstline_indent.png"/> is used to set the offset from the left side of the page for the first line of the paragraph.</li>
<li><b>Hanging Indent</b> marker <imgalt="Hanging Indent marker"src="../images/hanging.png"/> is used to set the offset from the left side of the page for the second line and all the subsequent lines of the paragraph.</li>
<li><b>Left Indent</b> marker <imgalt="Left Indent marker"src="../images/leftindent.png"/> is used to set the entire paragraph offset from the left side of the page.</li>
<li><b>Right Indent</b> marker <imgalt="Right Indent marker"src="../images/right_indent.png"/> is used to set the paragraph offset from the right side of the page.</li>