Indenting paragraphs
Indentation specifies the amount of space between type and the bounding box or line that contains the type. Indentation affects only the selected paragraph or paragraphs, so you can easily set different indentations for paragraphs.
To specify paragraph indentation:
- Do one of the following:
- Select a type layer if you want all the paragraphs contained in that type layer to be affected.
- Select the paragraphs you want affected.
- In the Paragraph palette, enter a value for an indentation option:
- Indent Left Margin
to indent from the left edge of the paragraph. For vertical type, this option controls the indentation from the top of the paragraph. - Indent Right Margin
to indent from the right edge of the paragraph. For vertical type, this option controls the indentation from the bottom of the paragraph. - Indent First Line
to indent the first line of type in the paragraph. For horizontal type, the first line indent is relative to the left indent; for vertical type, the first line indent is relative to the top indent. To create a first line hanging indentation, enter a negative value.
