How can I get a line break command to work with hanging indent?

[donna.yoder]

In Word 2003 I have autotext entries that are inserted in a document set with
6 pt line spacing. One section of the AT entry needs to be 0 pt spacing and
is saved that way.The whole entry is also saved with a hanging indent. When
it is inserted in the document, it uses 6 pt spacing throughout. If I try to
add a line break in the 0 pt spacing section, it starts all the following
lines (in that section) at the hanging indent. How can I keep the hanging
indent, but have the new lines start at the left margin?

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

If they start at the left margin, then it isn't a hanging indent.
You'll need to add a paragraph break rather than a line break. The new
paragraph should pick up the formatting of the old one (unless the old
one's Style has a different "Following Paragraph" style set), and then
you can adjust the margins (and spacing) as desired.

 

[donna.yoder]

If they start at the left margin, then it isn't a hanging indent.
You'll need to add a paragraph break rather than a line break. The new
paragraph should pick up the formatting of the old one (unless the old
one's Style has a different "Following Paragraph" style set), and then
you can adjust the margins (and spacing) as desired.

These 5-6 lines start on the left margin and there is a tab at which a
hanging indent is set. I want the hanging indent so the text wraps around and
continues at the tab and the line spacing stays at 0 pt. How do you add a
paragraph break? I cant find that--only line break and page break.

PMHx:
Meds:
All:
etc...

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Typing "Enter" is a paragraph break (as typing "Shift Enter" is a line
break).

 

[donna.yoder]

Duh, ok. I already have paragraph breaks (a hard return) at the end of each
line. It actually is a Ctrl+enter because I want the AT entry to ignore the
6 pt spacing of the document when I insert it...but it doesn't work.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

If each line is a separate paragraph, then it isn't complicated at
all. Each paragraph can have both a line spacing parameter (make it
either Single or Exactly [some value equal to or slightly greater than
the font size you're using]) and a Space After parameter (make it 6
pts). And set the Style to have Hanging Indent of whatever value you
need. Then, for your no-spacing insertion, just keep typing and let
Word break the lines and indent the paragraph (or not indent, if
that's what you need -- I've kind of gotten lost about what you're
asking for); if you use Shift-Enter because the lines need to break in
a specific place, it will also follow the no-extra-space line spacing.