Tabs and indents

If you use the Spacebar to indent a paragraph or act as “tabs,” or use the Return/Enter key to create extra space between paragraphs, STOP IT! These techniques create sloppy alignments and big gaps between paragraphs, and when you want to change the indents, fake tabs, and spacing, you have to change all those spaces and Returns manually. (Other than that, no problem.) Spend a few minutes learning to be more efficient (and more professional).

Task 11 Create paragraph indents

A standard paragraph indent is not five spaces with the Spacebar. That is so half-a-century-ago typewriter mentality (even if you’ve never even seen a typewriter). A standard indent is about two spaces, the width of the point size of the type; 12-point type has a 12-point indent.