How To Do Hanging Indent In Google Slides - TechNorms

Google Workspace tools offer a series of features to make your documents interesting and attractive. When it comes to Google Slides or Microsoft Powerpoint, we usually use them to create professional presentations for creative projects. However, if your Google Slides presentation has more content than graphics, you can use hanging indent in Google Slides to make your text look good. A hanging paragraph contains the first line starting from the left margin.

However, the subsequent lines below it start after leaving some space at the beginning. Because the first line ‘hangs’ over the other lines, it is known as hanging indent. These indents are majorly used in academic citation formats(for citation entries) in research papers. In Google Slides, indentation is used while delivering pitches to an audience. You can also do hanging indent in Google Docs if you don’t wish to use Slides.

How To Do Hanging Indent In Google Slides 

When users write pitches, they may need to attribute and cite their sources to add evidence to their claims and statements. This is where hanging indent becomes necessary. So, let’s take a look at how we can use the single paragraph indentation in our Google Slides presentations from Google Drive.

How To Add Hanging Indent Using The Ruler

To beginners, the indenting text might look like it’s a challenging task simply because they have never heard of it. However, the reality is very different. You can get the job done in a very few steps.

To begin with, open the Google Slides home page from your Google Chrome browser window. Then, click on Go to Slides.

Now, click on the blank option or open the document you want to add the indent.

Next, we need to enable the ruler. Click on the View tab and select Show ruler.

Add the text in a text box if it isn’t there already and select the entire paragraph.

Now, drag the downward-facing light blue triangle to the right side. This is known as the left indent control or left indent marker. Doing this will change the default indent distance and shift the selected text to the right side.Make sure you don’t change the entire margin control instead.

The margin size changes when you move both the triangle and the rectangular bar together.

Now, drag the first line indent to the left side. The first-line indent is the little blue rectangle bar above the downward-facing blue arrow. When you drag this indent to the left, the first line of the selected text will shift to the left, and you will have a hanging indent.

You can place indents like these in the entire document. That’s all about doing a hanging indent in Google Slides using the indent marker and the first line indent.

How To Add Hanging Indent Using Format Menu

If you find the previous method difficult, you can add a hanging indent using the Format tab.

To change the normal indentation, select a paragraph and click on the Format menu. Then, choose Format options from the drop-down menu.

The Format options sidebar will appear on the right side. Select the Text fitting section. Then, choose ‘Hanging’ in the Special indent section.

Next, you can increase the indent distance by pressing the increase indent button as per your requirements. Each time you click the Increase Indent button, the left margin increases. Press the decrease indent button if you wish to decrease the indentation.

This is how the paragraph will look once you have made the changes.

That’s all about how to change hanging indent in Google Slides using the Format menu.

How To Do Hanging Indent Using Keyboard

We have already seen the fundamental way to create a hanging indent and change the indent level on a multi-line paragraph. However, if you want to change the default indentation a tad bit faster, you can use the keyboard for this purpose.

To begin with, place the cursor at the beginning of the line you wish to indent.

Then, press the Enter key(Return key) and the Shift key simultaneously. Next, press the Tab key to indent text.

You can see that the indent is added to the selected line. This type of hanging indent can be used for paragraphs.

How To Do Hanging Indent On Mobile

Unfortunately, there is no way to add a hanging indent in Google Slides in a creative presentation using the Slides mobile app. Therefore, you can only avail yourself of the indentation options and features when working on a PC.

Conclusion

Hanging indent is one of the most important features when it comes to text formatting. It is usually used to display citation entries in different academic formatting styles like MLA and Chicago and bibliographies. Primarily used in a Google Doc, you can add a hanging indent in Google Slides for better text formatting.

Hanging indent can be used in a Google slide or a Powerpoint slide to deliver a pitch to your audience. In addition, they are commonly used in reference pages, bibliographic lists, academic pages, and quote pages. You can also use the keyboard shortcut to add an indent to a selected piece of text. Also, adding a hanging indent is possible only on a PC and not on the Slides app.

FAQs

How do you make a hanging indent in Google Docs?

First, enable the ruler by clicking on the View tab and selecting Show ruler. Then, select the text and drag the Indent control bar to add the hanging indent.

What does a hanging indent look like?

In a hanging indent, the subsequent lines below the first line start after leaving a small amount of space at the beginning.

How many spaces is an indent?

5 spaces; you need to press the space bar five times to add an indent manually for each line in a paragraph.