How To Indent Left And Right Paragraph In Microsoft Word?

The space or distance between the page margin and the text in a paragraph is called indent. These are applied to set the margins of selected paragraph.

In a document, margins determine the overall width of the main text area or in other words, the space between the text and the edge of the page. Indentation determines the distance of a paragraph from either left or right margins. There are six types of indents that can be used in a document.

These are:

• First line indent is the distance between the first line of the paragraph and the left margin.
• Left indent is the distance between the start of each line of the paragraph and the left margin.
• Right indent is the distance between the end of each line of the paragraph and the right margin.
• In hanging indent, the first line of the paragraph is not indented and all other lines start at same distance from the left margin. The first line ‘of the paragraph usually starts from the left margin.

To indent a paragraph, follow the following steps:-

1.) Select the Paragraph you want to indent.

2.) Open “Format” drop down menu.

3.) Select the “Paragraph” command.

“Paragraph” dialog box appears.

4.) Specify values in Left and Right fields of indentation.

5.) Click on “Ok” button of dialog box.

How To Protect Your Document With Password In Microsoft Word?

You can protect your document by applying password so that any unauthorized person can not see as well as modify your document. You can apply two types of passwords:

Password to open the document:-

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the document, otherwise you cannot open the document.

Password to modify the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannot modify the document. It means that your document becomes read-only.

To apply a password to document, follow these steps:-

1.) Open File menu.

2.) Click on Save As.

3.) Click “Tools” button of Save As dialog box.

4.) Choose “General Options” from drop down menu.

“Save” dialog box appears.

5.) Enter first password in “Password to open” text box.

6.) Enter second password in “Password to modify” text box (If required).

7.) Click on “OK” button.

Microsoft Word will open “Confirm Password” dialog box for the confirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.

8.) Re-enter the password to open and password to modify.

9.) Click on “Ok” button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.

10.) Click “Save” button.