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I've written a letter that has several paragraphs,
and to make each paragraph stand out just

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a little more, I want to add a first line
indent.

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Before you add an indent, you may want to
go to the View tab and make sure the Ruler

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is displayed, since it makes it easier to
customize your indents.

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To create a first line indent, you can just
place the insertion point at the beginning

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of a paragraph and then press the Tab key.

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You may have noticed that when I did this,
this little marker on the Ruler moved forward

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1/2 inch.

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This is the First Line Indent marker.

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There's also the Hanging Indent marker, the
Left Indent marker just below that, and the

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Right Indent marker.

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We can move them to create various types of
indents.

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They don't affect the whole document, just
the parts that are selected, so let's select

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all of these paragraphs.

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Now, drag the First Line Indent marker.

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We can also create a Hanging Indent, which
moves all of the lines except the first line.

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The Left Indent will move all of the lines
at the same, and the Right Indent is useful

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if you want to make the paragraph narrower.

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But for this letter, I need a more traditional
look, so I'm just going to do a first line

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indent of 1/4 inch.

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Indents are a good way to keep things lined
up in your document, but for more complex

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documents, such as resumes, they're not always
enough.

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I'd really like all of these dates to line
up.

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I could just use spaces, but it's going to
be difficult or impossible to get them to

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line up exactly.

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So I'll need to use tabs.

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If I place the insertion point right before
the text I want to align, and then press the

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Tab key, it's going to jump forward in half-inch
increments.

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It's much easier to align these dates this
way.

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If you go to the Home tab and click the Show/Hide
command, you'll be able to see the tabs, and

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they show up as these little arrows.

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You can delete them by pressing the backspace
key.

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That works pretty well, but I'd like to have
a little more control over exactly how the

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text lines up.

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I think a tab stop is exactly what we need
here.

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Tab stops tell the text exactly where to line
up, so you're not limited to half-inch increments.

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On the left side of the screen is the tab
selector.

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If you click it, it will cycle through all
of the different types of tab stops that determine

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whether the text is left aligned, centered,
right aligned, or aligned at the decimal point

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if you're using numbers.

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I'm going to select the Right Tab.

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Just like with indents, tab stops only apply
to the selected paragraph, so select all of

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the ones that need tab stops.

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Then, click on the bottom edge of the Ruler
where you'd like the tab stop to be.

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You can add more than one if you need to,
and you can remove them by just dragging them

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off the Ruler.

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Now, to align the dates, we want to add just
one tab before each year, and they will jump

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to the new tab stop.

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Generally, you'll need to add one tab for
each tab stop.

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You can also move existing tab stops.

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Make sure your text is selected, and then
move the tab stop to the left or right.

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But be sure to allow plenty of space for the
text.

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If I move the tab stop too far to the left,
the dates won't have enough room, so they

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won't line up correctly.

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This document looks a lot better now, and
I think having everything lined up gives it

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a neater, more professional appearance.