August 2, 2008

More Indent, Please

I have good news today for all you MS Word using keyboard enthusiasts!

I don't know about you, but I'm thoroughly annoyed every time I have to take my hand off the keyboard to change paragraph formatting in regards to indenting and hanging indents.

(Hanging indents occur when the paragraph's propecia and cancer first line is on the left margin and all the other lines of the paragraph are indented).

Hands off keyboard, hand on mouse, find what you need, hands back to the keyboard. Oops, be careful to place them correctly!

What a nightmare!

Is there a better solution?

Well, it just so happens that a few key combinations can make all the difference!

For mouseless indentation, give these a try:

  • Ctrl + M will indent the whole paragraph one-half inch (repeat for larger indents).

  • Ctrl + Shift + M will remove one-half inch of the indent (repeat to remove multiple indents).

  • Ctrl + T will move the hanging indent one tab space to the right (repeat to increase the size of the indent by one tab stop each time).

  • Ctrl + Shift + T will decrease the hanging indent by one tab stop (repeat to continue moving the indent to the left).

Just let your fingers do the indenting for once!

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