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The term "alignment" generally specifies the appearance and orientation of the edges of a paragraph -- left-aligned text, right-aligned text, centered text, or "justified" text (aligned evenly from left to right margins).
By default, Word preserves the original formatting when you paste content into a document using Ctrl + V, the Paste button, or right-click + Paste. To change the default, follow these steps. Go to File > Options > Advanced. Under Cut, copy, and paste, select the down arrow for the setting to change.
On the Layout tab, in the Paragraph group, use the arrows to choose indentation and spacing options. To indent the paragraph, enter the distance you want in the Left or Right boxes. To change the amount of space above and below a paragraph, enter a number in the Before or After boxes.
Choose Center to center text with a ragged left and right edge (Ctrl+E). Choose Right to align text to the right with a ragged left edge (Ctrl+R). Choose Justify to align text both left and right, adding space between words (Ctrl+J). The level at which the paragraph appears in Outline view.
Single-space your document. Select the top of the document. Go to Design > Paragraph Spacing. Choose No Paragraph Space. This overrides the settings of the style set you're currently using. To return to the original settings: Go to Design > Paragraph Spacing. Select Default or the style name you're currently using.
A Hanging indent, also known as a second line indent, sets off the first line of a paragraph by positioning it at the margin, and then indenting each subsequent line of the paragraph.
Click anywhere in the paragraph you want to change. Go to Layout, and under Spacing, click the up or down arrows to adjust the distance before or after the paragraph. You can also type a number directly. Update the spacing between paragraphs without changing the whole document.
Word automatically breaks paragraphs at the end of a page, so a paragraph that started on one page continues on to the next page. To keep the whole paragraph on the same page, follow these steps. Right-click the paragraph that you want to keep together. In the box that opens, select Paragraph.
A Hanging indent, also known as a second line indent, sets off the first line of a paragraph by positioning it at the margin, and then indenting each subsequent line of the paragraph.
The default line spacing in Word is 1.15. By default, paragraphs are followed by a blank line and headings have a space above them. Go to Home > Line and Paragraph Spacing , and then choose Line Spacing Options. Under Spacing, choose an option in the Line spacing box.
You can control the vertical space between the lines of text in your document by setting the line spacing. Or, you can change the vertical space between paragraphs in your document by setting the spacing before or spacing after paragraphs.