uncses@ecsvax.UUCP (Sue Stigleman) (08/31/87)
In response to a previous question about how to do
hanging indents in WordPerfect:
1. Press F4 until your cursor is where you want
the 2+ lines to be lined up (in other words,
not where the first line should start, but where
the "indented" lines should start).
2. Press Shift-Tab (a.k.a. margin release) to back
the cursor up.
3. Then type the text *without* hitting the enter
key until you are finished with the entire block
of text.
Pressing the indent key sets an indent position, which will
remain in effect until you hit the enter key. Pressing
margin release affects only the first line and doesn't
affect the indent position you've already created.
If you try to do hanging indents using either the tab key
or the space bar, WordPerfect will courteously shift some
of the spaces and tabs up to the end of the previous line,
throwing off your format. You *must* use the indent and
margin release keys correctly in order to get and proper
format. You will also be able to add and delete text
within the whole hanging indent paragraph and WP will
maintain your indentation. If you put hard returns (by
pressing enter) at the end of every line, you will have
to manually reformat the hanging indent if you alter
the text.
Sue Stigleman
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