Use this dialog to set up the alignment and indentation of a paragraph as well as apply settings related to breaks and hyphenation.

To display this dialog: click the dialog box launcher of the Paragraph group in the Home tab.

Alignment and Indentation

Use this tab to configure the alignment and indentation of your paragraph.

You can choose one type of alignment among the following: left, justified, right and centered.

Assign positive or negative values to each of the four properties: Start Indent, End Indent, First Line Start Indent, Last Line End Indent.

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Breaks and Hyphenation

This tab enables you to assign properties related to breaks and hyphenation.

The options Keep with next, Keep with Previous and Keep Together refer to the unity of the text when a page break occurs.

The terms Widows and Orphans specify the number of lines that are separated from the paragraph when a page break occurs.

While the widows signify the lines that are left behind, the orphans represent the lines on the the new page. This is why it is preferable that the values of these options be higher than 1.

Check the Use Hyphenation box if you want to hyphenate the paragraph.