How To Do A Hanging Indent On Word?

Select the paragraph(s) you want to format

Go to the Home tab

In the Paragraph group, click the dialog launcher (small arrow in the bottom-right corner)

In the Indents and Spacing section, find the Indentation area

Set Left to the first-line position you want

Set Hanging to the amount you want the subsequent lines to be indented

Click OK

(Optional) Use the Ruler:

Drag the top triangle (first-line indent) to set the first line position

Drag the bottom triangle (hanging indent) to set the hanging indent position

(Optional) If using a style:

Right-click the style in the Styles gallery

Choose Modify

Click Format > Paragraph

Set Hanging indent and click OK

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