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Increase Indent

Click the Increase Indent icon to increase the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the next default tab position.

If several paragraphs are selected, the indentation of all selected paragraphs is increased. The cell content refers to the current value under Format - Cells - Alignment tab.

Increase Indent

Click the Increase Indent icon while holding down the Ctrl key to move the indenting of the selected paragraph by the default tab distance set under Office Writer - General in the Options dialogue box.

Example:

The indents of two paragraphs are moved with the Increase Indent function to a standard tab distance of 2 cm:

Original indent

Indent increased

Indent increased by the amount with the Ctrl key.

0.25 cm

2 cm

2.25 cm

0.5 cm

2 cm

2.5 cm