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<h1>Change paragraph indents</h1>
<p> the Document Editor, you can change the first line offset from the left side of the page as well as the paragraph offset from the left and right sides of the page.</p>
<p>To do that,</p>
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<li>place the cursor within the required paragraph, or select several paragraphs with the mouse or the whole text 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 on the right sidebar,</li>
<li>in the opened <b>Paragraph - Advanced Settings</b> window, switch to the <b>Indents &amp; Spacing</b> tab and set the necessary parameters in the <b>Indents</b> section:
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<li><b>Left</b> - set the paragraph offset from the <b>left</b> side of the page specifying the necessary numeric value,</li>
<li><b>Right</b> - set the paragraph offset from the <b>right</b> side of the page specifying the necessary numeric value,</li>
<li><b>Special</b> - set an indent for the <b>first line</b> of the paragraph: select the corresponding menu item (<b>(none)</b>, <b>First line</b>, <b>Hanging</b>) and change the default numeric value specified for <b>First Line</b> or <b>Hanging</b>,</li>
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<li>click the <b>OK</b> button.
<p><img alt="Paragraph Advanced Settings - Indents &amp; Spacing" src="../images/paradvsettings_indents.png" /></p>
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<p>To quickly change the paragraph offset from the left side of the page, you can also use the corresponding icons on the <b>Home</b> tab of the top toolbar: <b>Decrease indent</b> <img alt="Decrease indent" src="../images/decreaseindent.png" /> and <b>Increase indent</b> <img alt="Increase indent" src="../images/increaseindent.png" />.</p>
<p>You can also use the horizontal <b>ruler</b> to set indents.</p>
<img alt="Ruler - Indent markers" src="../images/indents_ruler.png" />
<p>Select the necessary paragraph(s) and drag the indent markers along the ruler.</p>
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<li>The <b>First Line Indent</b> marker <img alt="First Line Indent marker" src="../images/firstline_indent.png" /> is used to set an offset from the left side of the page for the first line of the paragraph.</li>
<li>The <b>Hanging Indent</b> marker <img alt="Hanging Indent marker" src="../images/hanging.png" /> is used to set an offset from the left side of the page for the second line and all the subsequent lines of the paragraph.</li>
<li>The <b>Left Indent</b> marker <img alt="Left Indent marker" src="../images/leftindent.png" /> is used to set an offset for the entire paragraph from the left side of the page.</li>
<li>The <b>Right Indent</b> marker <img alt="Right Indent marker" src="../images/right_indent.png" /> is used to set a paragraph offset from the right side of the page.</li>
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