Display the ruler, if it is not already displayed. (⌘-r)
Drag the small blue rectangle in the ruler so it is to the right of the blue triangle to create an indent.
Drag the small blue rectangle in the ruler so it is to the left of the blue triangle to create a hanging indent. You may have to move the blue triangle first.
You can achieve the same thing by typing numbers in the inspector.
You can also make the paragraph look like it has an indent by starting it with a tab or a couple of spaces, but then you will have to repeat that for every new paragraph. The easiest thing is often to use the ruler or inspector to create an indent, and then to create a new style from the current text, so you can reuse exactly the same format at other places in the document.
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Thank you. :)
Just got myself a MacBook Pro and am loving it, but am still facing some difficulties in using Pages.
These are the clearest instructions I've been able to find online on how to navigate Pages. Thank you!
thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I bought Pages for my iPad and was so mad to find no way to indent the first line of each paragraph, which I MUST use in my ebook formatting. I spent all last night and all day today trying to find a solution or an alternate program. You saved me!
To indent a whole para, select and press Apple, + right-hand square bracket
Thank you so much for the screen shots. I finally understood what to do. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is the easy way of doing it. Messing with the rulers changes the whole document while Command + right bracket key does it by selection. You have just made my life so much easier.
Is there a way to double indent by selection with a command key??
Amazing! Thank You. So easy, so simple, and so missing from the help section of Pages.
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