how do i change margins for one paragraph of a paper?

G

Guest

I'm doing an academic paper, and i need 2 inch margins for the abstract, but
1 inch margins for the rest of the paper. How do i change the margins just
for the abstract?
 
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Graham Mayor

Create two separate documents (if you will be submitting a printed document)
or
Separate the two sections with a section break and format the sections
individually
or
Use paragraph styles with left and right indents

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

The easiest way (and the only good way if the abstract is to be on a page
with other text or with the same header/footer as the rest) is to use a
style with left and right indents; the built-in Block Text style by default
has 1" indents, which would serve your purpose. Unless you need a different
header/footer on the abstract, I would avoid section breaks as adding
needless complexity.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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