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To set the Horizontal Alignment:
Step 1: Select the text or paragraph of the document.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Paragraph’ option from the ‘Format’ menu. The ‘Paragraph’ dialog box opens.
Step 3: Click on the ‘Alignment’ tab.
Step 4: Select the required alignment.
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To align the paragraph towards the left, click on the ( ) button from the ‘Formatting Toolbar’.
To align the paragraph towards the right, click on the ( ) button from the ‘Formatting Toolbar’.
To align the paragraph towards the center, click on the ( ) button from the ‘Formatting Toolbar’.
To justify the paragraph, click on the ( ) button from the ‘Formatting Toolbar’.
Indentation
Indent is the space (gap) of text (a line or paragraph) from the edge/margin of the page. The margin settings are
applied to the whole document or to the text area but indentation sets the space of a paragraph from the margin
with respect to the rest of the text that is below or above it. The different types of indentations are:
Before Text/Left Indent: This option indents the text from the left margin.
After Text/Right Indent: This option indents the text from the right margin.
First Line Indent: This option indents the first line of a paragraph from the left margin.
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