I cant get the space bar to move my text forward.

[jammer287]

I am trying to move text on a line forward at the beginning of the sentence
using the space bar, but when I press the space bar the text won't move.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You could use a tab or a first-line indent, but I don't know why the
spacebar wouldn't work as well. Note, however, that if you are trying to add
space at the beginning of a line in the middle of a paragraph (rather than
at the beginning), all the spaces you're inserting are piling up at the end
of the previous line (as you'll see if you display nonprinting characters).
In order to insert space the way you're trying to do it, you would need to
add a line break at the end of the previous line or enable the Compatibility
Option to "Wrap trailing spaces to the next line."

 

[grammatim]

To "move the text forward," move the upper triangle at the left end of
the horizontal ruler seen at the top of the document window.

Or type a Tab.

If you want to begin each paragraph with a first-line indent, then
Format the Paragraph accordingly, or, better, Modify the Style you are
using.