Word for Mac Formatting Issue

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Word for Mac Formatting Issue

Hello All. I am attempting to reformat a word document so the first line of a new paragraph automatically indents. While I have been able to do this, there are some paragraphs that should not have their first line indented. When I reformat the document those (intentionally) not indented lines become indented. Understandable. But, when I delete to "un-indent" the line I find that it cancels auto indent for the document (to be clear, paragraphs that were indented stay indented, but a new paragraph will not be auto-indented.) What, if anything, can I do?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 22, 2021 12:02 PM

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jt286 Author

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Apr 22, 2021 12:44 PM in response to KiltedTim

Their formatting instructions pertain to PCs so no use to me.

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jt286 Author

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Apr 22, 2021 1:16 PM in response to KiltedTim

When they instruct you to open dialogue boxes and access dropdowns, etc. that do not appear on a Mac... I would say that's a problem. In any event. I have access to google. I'm aware of Microsoft. I was hoping someone might have had a similar problem and offer some insight/help. Clearly, you are not that person. Good day.

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Ronasara

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Apr 22, 2021 4:28 PM in response to jt286

I understand your question. If I remember correctly, for those paragraphs or sentences you do NOT want to be indented, just place your curser in front of the first letter and hit Delete. That works for me. It should move the wording all the way to the left column.

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