

If you drag the larger (upper) “Independent Drag” droplet, when you release the mouse button or trackpad, the smaller, lower “Conjoined Drag” droplet bounces into position. You can drag the First Line Indent marker independently of the Left Indent marker. The First Line Indent in various positions relative to the Left Indent marker ► Drag the First Line Indent and/or the Right Indent marker across the ruler and release the mouse button or trackpad where you want the lines of your paragraph to wrap. ☞ Note that the Outdent button in Figure 97 is dimmed (disabled) as the left-most character is already as far left as it can be for its applied style. ☞ If you have a list style applied, the list level will increase/decrease with each indent/outdent. ☞ The Indent and Outdent buttons are available if you customize your Toolbar, as explained in the section “ Make the Toolbar Your Own” on page 611.

► Select the range of paragraphs you wish to modify and click the Indent or Outdent button on the Toolbar or choose the menu command: Format > Paragraph Indents > Increase Both Left Indents or Decrease Both Left Indents.Ī range of paragraphs with the indents set at the left edge of their designated stylesĪ range of paragraphs after clicking the Indent button The commands are available on the Format menu, or you can customize your Toolbar to add the buttons illustrated in Figure 41, as explained in the section “ Make the Toolbar Your Own” on page 611. Nisus Writer Pro has tools that enable you to quickly indent or “outdent” your text. Quickly indent or outdent a selected range of paragraphs The First Line In/Outdent marker relative to the Tail Line Wrap Indicator (outdent or hanging indent) The First Line In/Outdent marker relative to the Tail Line Wrap Indicator ( indented) The First Line In/ Outdent marker relative to the Tail Line Wrap Indicator (flush) ► For right to left text, do the reverse: drag the Right Indent marker. ► Drag the Left Indent marker across the ruler and release the mouse button or trackpad at the position where you want the text to wrap. ► Drag the First Line In/Outdent maker across the ruler and release the mouse button or trackpad at the position where you want the first character of your paragraph to appear.Įxamine the highlighted area at the bottom of Figure 96 below. Set the indent or outdent (“hanging indent”) position of the first line of a paragraphĪll the numbered and “bulleted” instructions in this document use a “hanging indent”.Įxamine the highlighted area at the bottom of Figure 95 below. The actual indent used for right to left text switches based on the direction of the paragraph. They are measured from the edge of the margin. ☞ The markers (droplets) you see on the rulers are called indents.

Select the paragraph(s) you want to modify before making any changes to the ruler.
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(For right-to-left languages text flows as far to the left as you wish.) The four blue paragraph definition “droplets” appear on the ruler at the top of the window (though not when in Full Screen view).

When in Draft View and Full Screen view, Nisus Writer Pro allows your text to run as far to the right of the document window as you wish. When in page view, all paragraphs appear within the margins you set (outlined as the gray line around the area of the page). This section describes the different ways you can define the appearance of paragraphs.
