How to Use WPS Indent on Windows

Use WPS Indent on Windows with 3 how-to topics: Increase Indent, Decrease Indent, and Set Indent Precisely; choose a topic from the index and follow the steps below.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Increase Indent

Entry: Home tab → Increase Indent button

1. Open the text document you want to edit.
2. Select the paragraph you want to format.
3. Click the Increase Indent button on the Home tab.
4. Each click moves the paragraph to the right by one tab stop.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The selected paragraph moves to the right.
• What you can do next: You can keep increasing the indent or continue editing the paragraph.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the paragraph is not selected first, the result may not apply to the intended content.
• Environment note: Different document templates may use different default tab-stop spacing.

2. Decrease Indent

Entry: Home tab → Decrease Indent button

1. Open the text document you want to edit.
2. Select the paragraph you want to adjust.
3. Click the Decrease Indent button on the Home tab.
4. Each click moves the paragraph to the left by one tab stop.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The selected paragraph moves to the left.
• What you can do next: You can continue adjusting until the paragraph returns to the level you need.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Clicking too many times may return the paragraph to the default margin position.
• Environment note: Existing paragraph styles may affect the final visual result.

3. Set Indent Precisely

Entry: Home tab → Text Properties drop-down menu → Text Properties → Paragraph tab

1. Open the text document you want to edit.
2. Select the paragraph whose indent you want to adjust.
3. Click the Home tab.
4. Open the Text Properties drop-down menu and select Text Properties.
5. In the task pane on the right, select the Paragraph tab.
6. Adjust the indent values and indent format, such as first-line indent or hanging indent.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The paragraph shows the updated indent settings.
• What you can do next: You can continue editing other paragraphs or save the document to keep the formatting.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Mixing up left indent, first-line indent, and hanging indent can produce unexpected results.
• Environment note: Existing document styles may combine with your new paragraph settings.