No doubt it’s possible to create the first line indent and hanging indent in Google Docs. It’s almost similar to the MS Word’s way!
If you use Google Docs for some serious works, then you must know about indentation.
In MS Word you can get hanging indent or first line indent in your document in two ways.
- From the “Paragraph” dialogue box that you can find under the “Page Layout” menu (Alt+PPG).
- By dragging the hourglass button on the horizontal ruler.
To create first line indent or hanging indent in Google Docs, you can follow the above second point. There is an hourglass similar button on the horizontal ruler in Google Docs.
Yes! The indent button in Google Docs resides on the horizontal ruler. Can’t see the ruler on your Google Docs document?
Then, go to the View menu and select “Show Ruler”. This will instantly place the ruler on the top of your document.
How to Create First Line Indent in Google Docs
Indentation in typesetting is placing an empty space or spaces at the beginning of each paragraph. It’s normally known as first line indent in word processing applications.
See how to create a first line indent in Google Docs.
To create first line indent in Google Docs, first of all, select the paragraphs that you want to indent. Then drag the left indent (only the top part) button as shown above to the right.
Let’s move to hanging indent aka negative indent.
Hanging Indent in Google Docs
Hanging indent is quite opposite to the first line indent. In hanging indent, we leave the first line in place and indent the rest of the lines.
Hanging/negative indent is a must to use if you prepare documents using outside sources so that you can visually separate those lines.
See how to do a hanging indent in Google Docs.
First, select the paragraph on which you want to apply the hanging indent. Then on the ruler, drag the left indent button (together) to the right and then drag the top part of the button to the left.
Follow the above tips to create first line indent and also the hanging indent in Google Docs.
