I used to know which keyboard shortcut(s) would do this, but I have both forgotten and cannot find the shortcuts on searches.
I have a block (that is, lots of lines) of mono-spaced text which I want to move four columns to the right to leave four blank spaces at the front of each line. How to do, please?
Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
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Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
John Gray
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Re: Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
That sounds like functionality WordPerfect might have had. It's not a native feature of Word.
May I assume that the Increase Indent button on the Home tab of the ribbon does not satisfy your requirement?
May I assume that the Increase Indent button on the Home tab of the ribbon does not satisfy your requirement?
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Hans
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Re: Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
Hans: I'm sure you told me how to do it last time! But it was a long time ago...
John Gray
All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
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All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
That amounted to nothing.
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Re: Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
Will each line be a separate paragraph?
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Hans
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Re: Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
Yes - I'm only using Word because there are too many 'poison characters' in this text file to enable me to process it with a BATch file. Format is
I am trying to move everything right to be able to insert the three-day Day of the Week abbreviation in front of the date.
Something to do with Ctrl+F9 rings a vague bell, with the right arrow key moving Stuff right - but it isn't that...
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Something to do with Ctrl+F9 rings a vague bell, with the right arrow key moving Stuff right - but it isn't that...
John Gray
All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
That amounted to nothing.
All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
That amounted to nothing.
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Re: Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
You could create this macro:
If you need to run it frequently, you can assign it to a custom keyboard shortcut.
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Sub InsertSpaces()
Dim par As Paragraph
For Each par In Selection.Paragraphs
par.Range.InsertBefore Space(4)
Next par
End Sub
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Hans
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Re: Word 2010: moving a block of text four columns right
Thanks, Hans - annoyingly it's just a one-off...
John Gray
All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
That amounted to nothing.
All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
That amounted to nothing.