How to Create a Hanging Indent In Google Docs

Your initial line stands out as the only line that touches the page’s margin when the second and subsequent lines of text on a page are indented to the right. A hanging indent is typically used in a bibliography, Works Cited, or References page.

MLA (Modern Language Association), CMS (Chicago Manual of Style), and APA (American Psychological Association) styles all require hanging indents. If you’re in school or work in academia, you’ll probably need to know how to make a hanging indent for academic writing or research reports at some point.

Fortunately, it’s a simple process. In four easy steps, we’ll teach you how to make a hanging indent in a Google Doc.

How to create hanging indent google docs

Make sure your ruler is visible before starting to construct a hanging indent in Google Docs. A ruler is a measurement tool that can be found at the top of your document and is used to align text, pictures, tables, and other items. To make your ruler visible, go to your menu bar and click “View,” then check “Show Ruler.”

You’re ready to make a hanging indent now that your ruler is visible.

1. Choose the text you wish to indent first. You can choose to highlight one or more paragraphs.
2. Now move the left indent marker to the right, stopping where you want your hanging indent to start — the rectangle will follow along, which is fine.
3. Return the First Line Indent marker (the light blue rectangle) to the left margin now.
4. That’s all there is to it! It’s time to make your hanging indent.

In Google Slides, How to Make a Hanging Indent

Follow these procedures to add a dangling indent to your Google Slides presentations:

• Create a new presentation in Google Slides or open an existing one.
• By going to View > Show ruler, you can make sure the ruler is displayed.
• If it isn’t already there, type the text you want to utilize the dangling indent with.
• The text that will contain the hanging indent should be highlighted. Click and drag the indent control in the ruler area. It has the appearance of a downward-facing triangle. When you’ve got the text indented to where you want it, let it go.
• Return the left indent control to the beginning of the first line of text (it looks like a blue bar right above the triangle).
• The dangling indent is formed when you let off of the left indent control.

How to Use the Keyboard to Create a Hanging Indent in Google Slides

The easiest approach to make a hanging indent in Google Slides is to follow the procedures in the preceding section since the indents you create that way stay in place no matter how much text you add. The same hanging indent can be used to separate many sentences or paragraphs.

If you simply need to indent a single line, there’s another approach to make a hanging indent that’s quick and easy. Here’s what you should do:

• Insert your cursor at the start of the line you wish to indent in your Google Slides presentation.
• Press the Return (or Enter) and Shift keys at the same time on the keyboard.
• To indent the line by one tab, press the Tab key.

What Is a Hanging Indent?

A hanging indent, like bullet points, is a text formatting style. It gets its name from the fact that the prepared text’s first line has a normal indentation, while all subsequent lines are indented more than the first. As a result, the first line “hangs” over the others.

Academic reference forms (including MLA and Chicago style) and bibliographies frequently include hanging indents. They can also be used to create an eye-catching text effect that draws attention to certain content. From a word processing document, here’s an example of a hanging indent:

In-text documents written with Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or other similar programs, hanging indents are more common than in presentations created using Google Slides. Nonetheless, you might want to use the functionality in presentations to credit sources or for visual effect in some circumstances.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):

1. Does Google Docs have a hanging indent?

If you want to get a hanging indent, put your cursor in the line/paragraph you want to indent and go to Format > Align & Indent > Indentation options. select “Hanging” Under “Special.” To save your changes, press the blue Apply button.

2. How do you indent footnotes in Google Docs?

If you want to insert footnotes in the paper, click the “Insert” drop-down menu, and select “Footnote.”

To move the space between the superscripted number and the insertion point in the footnote, press Backspace, then click the tab key once to add the indent of the first line.

3. What is the shortcut key for hanging indent?

(Ctrl + T)

To apply a hanging indent to a paragraph you can press Ctrl + T. This shortcut will take all lines except the first one to the next tab stop. Word indents to the first default tab stop If there are no user-defined tab stops in the paragraph.

4. How does anyone indent on Google Docs on a laptop?

How to Indent In Google Docs

1. In a Google Docs document, highlight the paragraph you want to indent. …
2. Select Format then Align & Indent > Indentation options.
3. Select First Line under Special indent.
4. if you wish and select Apply, set a custom value for the indent.