Indenting Left and Right Paragraph

The space or distance between the page margin and the text in a paragraph is called indent. These are applied to set the margins of selected paragraph.

In a document, margins determine the overall width of the main text area or in other words, the space between the text and the edge of the page. Indentation determines the distance of a paragraph from either left or right margins.

There are six types of indents that can be used in a document. These are:

• First line indent is the distance between the first line of the paragraph and the left margin.
• Left indent is the distance between the start of each line of the paragraph and the left margin.
• Right indent is the distance between the end of each line of the paragraph and the right margin.
• In hanging indent, the first line of the paragraph is not indented and all other lines start at same distance from the left margin. 
• The first line 'of the paragraph usually starts from the left margin.

To indent a paragraph, follow these steps.

•  Select the Paragraph you want to indent.
•  Select the "Paragraph" command from "Format" drop down menu; "Paragraph" dialog box appears.
•  Specify values in Left and Right fields of indentation and click "Ok" button of dialog box.

Protecting Document with Password

You can protect your document by applying password so that unauthorized person can not display as well as modify your document. You can apply two types of passwords:

Password to open the document: 

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the document, otherwise you cannot open the document.

Password to modify the document: 

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannot modify the document. It means that your document becomes read-only.

To apply a password to document, follow these steps.

* Open Save As dialog box by selecting "Save As" command from File menu.

* Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box and choose "General Options" from drop down menu, "Save" dialog box appears as shown in figure below.

* Enter first password in "Password to open" text box and second password in "Password to modify" text box (if required) and click "Ok" button of dialog box. Microsoft Word will open "Confirm Password" dialog box for the confirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.

* Re-enter the password to open and password to modify and click "Ok" button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.

* Click "Save" button of Save As dialog box.

How to select text Vertically in Word 2007?

Almost everybody who writes their documents in Microsoft Word knows how to select the text horizontally. You have to select the text horizontally in order to delete, underline, italicize etc.  But many times you face a situation in which you have to select the text vertically. For example you might have to delete the first few words in every line in a list in order to delete it. You need to do that as you reformat a Word document. Many people think that it is not possible to select text vertically in Word 2007 document. It is very easy to select text vertically in Word 2007. You just need to do this trick in order to make the vertical selection:

Point the mouse to the beginning of the text you want to select.

Hold down the Alt key.

Drag the mouse pointer downwards around the required area while still holding down the Alt key.

The text will be selected vertically.

After you select text vertically in Word 2007, you can make it bold, underline, italicize, delete, cut or copy it. You can also paste it anywhere else in the document if you want.

This feature which allows you to select text vertically in Word 2007 is very useful while working with lists. I have deleted the first word from every item on the list by holding down the Alt key and selecting vertically. However, a vertical selection can be useful in any other sort of document as wel.