word2010 First Line indent settings

You can adjust the distance between the Word2010 document body content and the margins by setting paragraph indents. Users can set paragraph indents in the Paragraph dialog box in the Word2010 document, as described in the following steps:

Step 1th, open the Word2010 document window and select the text paragraph that you want to set the paragraph indentation for. Click the Show Paragraph Dialog button in the Paragraph group in the start Ribbon, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Click the Show paragraph dialog box button

Step 2nd, in the Open Paragraph dialog box, switch to the Indent and Spacing tab, and in the indent area, adjust the left or right edit box to set the indent value. Then click the Special Format Drop-down triangle button, select the first line indent or hanging indent option in the Drop-down list, and set the indent value (typically setting the indent value to 2). Set Finish Click OK, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 Selecting the first line indent option