Turning off automatic paragraph indent Word 2007

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Gordon

Can someone PLEASE tell me were to turn off this ridiculous function whereby
if you want to indent the second line of a paragraph, THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH IS
MOVED?
Presumably the person who coded this in as default behaviour does NOT use
Word.....
 
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Graham Mayor

Word Options > Proofing > Autocorrect Options > Autoformat as you type >
Uncheck 'Set left- and first- indent with tabs and backspaces.

Word has always had these options set by default but as with any other
option you can choose to switch them off.

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T

Terry Farrell

Instead of using the tab key, use Ctrl+T (note Ctrl+Shift+T will undo the
command).
 
G

Gordon

Graham Mayor said:
Word Options > Proofing > Autocorrect Options > Autoformat as you type >
Uncheck 'Set left- and first- indent with tabs and backspaces.

Thanks - I knew where to turn this off in 2003, but couldn't find it in
2007!
Word has always had these options set by default but as with any other
option you can choose to switch them off.

Precisely - IMHO these advanced options should be turned OFF by default - so
simple users like me don't pull their hair out in exasperation, but advanced
users can turn them ON if they want.
 
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Graham Mayor

Gordon said:
Thanks - I knew where to turn this off in 2003, but couldn't find it
in 2007!


Precisely - IMHO these advanced options should be turned OFF by
default - so simple users like me don't pull their hair out in
exasperation, but advanced users can turn them ON if they want.

I believe the thinking is that if the functions are not turned on, users
will not know they exist.

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