How to adjust the line and paragraph spacing Text Alignment Text Alignment.How to adjust the paragraph indentation.Similarly, you can adjust the spacing on selected paragraphs by specifying the values in Before and After fields. You can adjust the indentation on selected paragraphs by specifying the value in the Left and Right fields. The Paragraph group on the Layout tab has two areas: Indent and Spacing. Paragraph Formatting Tools on Layout Tab Paragraph Group on Layout Tab It gives you more formatting commands: Outline level, Tabs setting, Line and Page Breaks commands (we’ll discuss these commands later). Paragraph Settings (Dialog box launcher)Ĭlick on the Dialog Box Launcher icon to open the Paragraph dialog box.Set border to the selected text, paragraph or table. Shading command also apply the background color on paragraph-spacing.
Shading command can be apply to selected text or an entire paragraph while the Text Highlight Color command doesn’t apply to an entire paragraph. Click down-arrow on Shading icon to open its menu to choose a preset color or create your own color. Lines-up text neatly on the both sides (left and right) of the current paragraph (or a selection).Īdjust the space between lines of text or between paragraphs.Īpply background color to a paragraph, selected text or table cell. Sort hedings, paragraphs, lists or tables.Īligns the current paragraph (or a selection) to the left.Īligns the current paragraph (or a selection) to the center of the page.Īligns the current paragraph (or a selection) to the right. Remove the extra space (half-inch) to the left of the entire pargraph.Īdds half-inch extra space to the left of the entire pargraph.
See also, Understanding Multilevel List dialog box and Multilevel Headings. See also, Bullets and Numbering tutorial. Paragraph Formatting Tools on Home Tab Paragraph group on the Home tab The Paragraph group in the Layout tab enables you to control the indent and spacing for the paragraph. through commands available in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. You can adjust the paragraph alignment, line spacing, paragraph space before and after, etc. Microsoft Word provides paragraph-formatting tools in Paragraph groups located inside the Home tab and Layout tab. To see the paragraph mark, click ¶ icon in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. Paragraph in the Word documentĪ paragraph has a formatting mark that is hidden by default. Word uses ¶ marks to indicate paragraphs in your document. In Word, a paragraph can be a title, heading, a single character, word, sentence, or even a blank line followed by the keyboard Enter key. You create a paragraph when you press Enter key while writing a document in Word.