Indenting or aligning a paragraph

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Stormywfx
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Indenting or aligning a paragraph

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How do I make a paragraph be even on both sides? Where its like a box? I am not sure if I am explaining this right.

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\Format \Paragraph ;Alignmeht tab, check Justified
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Re: Indenting or aligning a paragraph

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... or highlight the text and click the Justified icon.
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Stormywfx wrote:How do I make a paragraph be even on both sides? Where its like a box? I am not sure if I am explaining this right.

Thank You
For the longer term.
Create a new paragraph style that does that in a new file and save the file as a template. This is the easiest way to fine tune your layout(s).
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