SECTION 3
Lesson 3.1: Paragraph Options

   

 

 

1.

Open Microsoft Office Word 2003. (If you already have Word open, press Ctrl + N to create a blank document.)

 

 

2.

Type the following paragraph:

This is a double-spaced, right-aligned paragraph with a hanging indent. I am going to set these options by clicking the Format menu and clicking Paragraph. Hanging indents mean all lines except the first are indented.

 

 

3.

After you have typed this paragraph, make sure your cursor is anywhere in it (even at the end).

Click the Format menu and click Paragraph.

 

 

For Alignment, click the drop-down arrow and click Right.

 

 

In the Indentation section, choose Hanging from the Special menu. In the By box, type 1.

 

 

In the Spacing section, select Double from the Line Spacing Menu.

Look in the preview box and click OK.

 

 

4.

Place your cursor after the last line in the sample paragraph.

Press the enter button twice to start a new paragraph.

 

 

5.

Click the Format menu and click Paragraph.

 

 

Change the Alignment to Centered.

Set the left indentation to 1.5 by typing in that text box. Change the Special indentation menu to First Line. In the By box, type 0.25.

In the Spacing section, set Before spacing to 20. Then, change the Line Spacing menu to Double.

Click OK.

 

 

6.

Type this paragraph:

I just set some paragraph spacing options so they should be applied right now. I should see a large space between my first paragraph and this one. This paragraph is also aligned, indented, and spaced much differently!

 

 

7.

Click the Insert menu and click Page Numbers.

 

 

 

 

8.

Set the position to Top of Page and the alignment to Outside.

Make sure the box that says Show number on first page is checked.

 

 

9.

Click the Format button. Change the number format to I, II, III.

Click OK and click OK again.

 

 

10.

Look at the top corner of your sample page. You should see a page number.

 

 

11.

Save your document if you like and close Word.