#Setting indents in word 2007 how to#
#Setting indents in word 2007 full#

Here are three particularly relevant to headings: There are lots of ways to apply a paragraph style to your text. You can create lower levels of headings by applying the paragraph styles Heading 2, Heading 3 etc. You'll see the Set for All levels dialog (Figure 4).įigure 6: Use the Increase Indent button to demote a paragraph (ie indent it to the right) The easy way is to click the 'Set for all levels' button. If you prefer to change them, then you have two choices.

Next, set up the indents: how far in from the left margin do you want the different levels to appear? The default indents are actually quite reasonable.

If you don't want numbering for a level, leave the 'Enter formatting for number' box empty.

From the Number style for this level list, choose the kind of numbering you want for the current level.

By the time you come to do Level 9, if you want paragraphs numbered 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1, you need to add Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 etc, all the way to Level 8. You have to do each previous level separately. Then I choose from the 'Number style for this level' box.

#Setting indents in word 2007 full#

Then I type a full stop (full point, period, whatever). So, from the 'Include level number from' box, I choose 'Level 1'. That is, I want the Level 1 number and the Level 2 number. If you want punctuation after each level, add it into the 'Enter formatting for number' box as you go.įor example, for Level 2, I might want the numbering to be '1.1'.

If you want to include a previous level's numbering, then use the 'Include level number from' box.

In the 'Click level to modify' list, choose Level 2.

From the Number style for this level list, choose the kind of numbering you want.

Leave the insertion point after your text.

If you want the numbering to start with some text (eg to number a paragraph as 'Chapter 1' or 'Section 1') then enter the text including any space in the 'Enter formatting for number' box.

Delete anything in the 'Enter formatting for number' box.

In the 'Click level to modify' list, click level 1.

Now we tell Word about the numbering itself for Level 1.

And attach Heading 3 to level 3, Heading 4 to level 4 and so on. In the 'Click level to modify' list, select level 2 and attach style Heading 2. That attaches paragraph style Heading 1 to level 1 of the list style. In the 'Link level to style' box, choose Heading 1.

In the 'Click level to modify' list, select level 1.

Attach the Heading paragraph styles to the 9 levels in the list style.In the Modify multilevel list dialog, click the More button.So we set up all levels of numbering in this one dialog box. The list style is the co-ordinating mechanism for the whole 'set' of paragraph styles we'll use. We're now in the Modify Multilevel List dialog box (Figure 5). To create your list style, on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu (Figure 1).įigure 3: In the Define New List Style dialog, give your list style a name and then click Format > Numbering. Why? Because for outline-numbered styles, we will set the paragraph indent and the hanging indents (if any) when we set up the numbering. Do this even if you want your headings to be indented from the left margin, and even if you want a hanging indent. Now, modify the Paragraph settings of every Heading style so that the Left Indent is 0, and the Special indent is set to (none). Not everyone does this, but I find it useful because of the way the formatting of Word's styles cascade. Modify Heading 2 so it's based on Heading 1. Modify the Heading 1 style so that it is based on 'No style'. There are good reasons for using the built-in Heading styles.īefore you begin the numbering, make sure your Heading styles are set up appropriately. That includes the format of the number ( '1' or 'a' or 'i'), whether the number is preceded by text (eg 'Chapter 1' or 'Part A'), whether the number includes previous levels' numbers (eg paragraph 1.4.3), and the indents (the distance from margin to number and from number to text).

#Setting indents in word 2007 how to#

A List Style stores the information about how to number each level.

Only the List Style knows that Heading 1 is followed by Heading 2 and that it is followed by Heading 3. A List Style 'groups' those paragraph styles into some order. Word comes with built-in paragraph styles named Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3.

A List Style creates a set or group of styles.

And, each level stores information about how to number text to which that linked paragraph style has been applied. Each level can be linked to a paragraph style.