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a number of paragraphs, make sure that the highlight covers at least part of
each paragraph. You don’t need to highlight all the text in the paragraphs
you want to format.
Aligning paragraphs
Alignment changes the horizontal position of paragraphs on the page. You
may wish to align the text left or right with the appropriate margin, centre a
title, or justify text to align both edges with the margins.
To change the alignment:
• Select the paragraph(s) to align, then tap or select the command on
the Paragraph menu, then select the alignment you want.
Note! Margins are set as part of the file’s page setup. See “How the Page
Looks” later for more information.
Indents & tabs
Indents set the position of a paragraph between the margins, while tabs allow
you to line up text on the page.
You can set left, right and first line indents for selected paragraphs by
selecting the command on the Paragraph menu and entering a measurement
(measured from the existing margins) in the boxes. The left indent applies to
all lines except the first line, so that you can create a hanging indent by
applying different left and first line settings.
You can change the standard tab setting, and set up custom tab stops for
individual paragraphs by selecting the command on the Paragraph menu.
Bullets & symbols
To emphasise paragraphs that are items on a list you can precede each
paragraph with a bullet.
To add a bullet to a paragraph:
• Tap or select the command on the Paragraph menu. Use the menu
command to change the bullet format, i.e. the size or colour of the bullet
character, or the character to use.
Special characters
You can insert foreign and other special characters in your file by selecting
Special character on the Insert menu.
You can also insert non-printing characters which control word wrapping on
the screen and in the printed document:
• For a non-breaking space, press Shift and the Spacebar. This will prevent
a line breaking at the space.
• For a non-breaking hyphen or ‘hard hyphen’, press Shift with the - key
(i.e. Shift+Fn+U). This will prevent a line breaking at the hyphen.
You can use View preferences on the Tools menu to select which non-
printing characters are displayed on screen.
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