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# Indenting text

## Learn how to add hanging or first line indents to your text

You can indent your text in Cadmus, making it easy to format your instructions and organise information.

This article covers the following:

1. [First line indents](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/indenting-text#first-line-indents)<https://support.cadmus.io/students/adding-tables?hsLang=en#insert-table>
2. [Hanging indents](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/indenting-text#hanging-indents)
3. <https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/indenting-text#increase-indent>[Removing indents](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/indenting-text#removing-indents)<https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/indenting-text#increase-indent>
4. [Increasing and decreasing indents](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/indenting-text#increase-decrease-indents)
   
   <https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/indenting-text#remove-indent>

### First line indent

With Cadmus, you can format your text, so that the first line of your paragraph is indented.

![eg firstline@2x (1)](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/eg%20firstline@2x%20(1).jpg?width=688&height=210&name=eg%20firstline@2x%20(1).jpg)

 

**To add a first line indent**

1. Highlight the text you wish to add a first line indent on.
2. Click the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.43.46 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png) **indent dropdown** in the formatting toolbar.
   
   ![Indents@2x (1)](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Indents@2x%20(1).jpg?width=655&height=143&name=Indents@2x%20(1).jpg)
3. Select the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.44.36 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.44.36%20pm.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.44.36%20pm.png) **first line indent** icon.
   
   ![firstline@2x](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/firstline@2x.jpg?width=688&height=150&name=firstline@2x.jpg)

 

### Hanging indent

In Cadmus, you can format your text to have a hanging indent.

![eg hanging@2x](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/eg%20hanging@2x.jpg?width=688&height=146&name=eg%20hanging@2x.jpg)

 

**To add a hanging indent**

1. Highlight the text you wish to add a hanging indent to.
2. Click the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.43.46 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png) **indent dropdown** in the formatting toolbar.
   
   ![Indents@2x (1)](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Indents@2x%20(1).jpg?width=688&height=150&name=Indents@2x%20(1).jpg)
3. Select the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.43.46 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png) **hanging indent** icon.
   
   ![hanging@2x](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/hanging@2x.jpg?width=655&height=143&name=hanging@2x.jpg)

**NOTE**: If you have selected a referencing style in your assessment *Requirements*, the *References* section for students will be automatically formatted according to that style. For example, automatic hanging indents for APA. If no referencing style has been selected, students can use the formatting toolbar to ad hanging indents themselves.

### Removing indents

If you need to remove a hanging or first line indent, you can do this by following the steps below.

 

**To remove an indent**

1. Highlight the text you would like to remove the indentation from.
2. Click the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.43.46 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png) **indent dropdown** in the formatting toolbar.
   
   ![Indents@2x (1)](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Indents@2x%20(1).jpg?width=688&height=150&name=Indents@2x%20(1).jpg)
3. Select the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.45.16 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.45.16%20pm.png?width=18&height=18&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.45.16%20pm.png) **reset indent** icon.
   
   ![remove indent@2x](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/remove%20indent@2x.jpg?width=688&height=150&name=remove%20indent@2x.jpg)

 

### Increasing or decreasing indents

If you need to increase or decrease the indentation of whole paragraphs, you can do this in Cadmus by following the steps below.

 

**To increase an indent**

1. Highlight the text you wish to add a hanging indent to.
2. Click the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.43.46 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.43.46%20pm.png) **indent dropdown** in the formatting toolbar.
   
   ![Indents@2x (1)](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Indents@2x%20(1).jpg?width=688&height=150&name=Indents@2x%20(1).jpg)
3. Select the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.44.59 pm-1](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.44.59%20pm-1.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.44.59%20pm-1.png) **increase** **indent** icon or the ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 4.45.39 pm](https://support.cadmus.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.45.39%20pm.png?width=16&height=16&name=Screenshot%202023-03-14%20at%204.45.39%20pm.png) **decrease indent** icon to move your text accordingly. 

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