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How to Set Up Indentation

There are numerous ways to set up your indentation. Here are a few helpful steps.

Written by Sean
Updated over a month ago

Here are the steps to set up indentation in your document in AutoCrit.

Applying Indentation

1. Select all your text:

You can do this by right-clicking and then clicking on "Select all", or by pressing Ctrl + A (Command(⌘) + A) on Mac

screenshot of right-click menu and where to find the Select All option.

Once the text is selected, you can progress to the next step.

screenshot of selected text in AutoCrit.


​2. Click the More Text option in your toolbar here:

screenshot of where to find the more formatting options like indentation in AutoCrit's Writer's Desk.

3. Click the option to increase your indentation here:

screenshot of the increase indent option in AutoCrit's Writer's Desk.

Screenshot of what your text looks like with increased indentation.

Applying First Line Indents

If you are looking for first-line indents only, then after you have selected your text (by right-clicking and choosing select all, or by pressing Ctrl + A), please click the Paragraph Style button in your toolbar here:

screenshot of where to find the paragraph style or paragraph settings in AutoCrit's Writer's Desk Toolbar.

Then click the First Line Indent option.

screenshot of the First Line Indent auto-apply feature so you can apply first line indents to all your text.

This is what that looks like.

screenshot of what first line indent looks like when applied to text in your file.

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