How to permanently change size of paragraph indent

[Suz]

How do I permanently change the size of paragraph indents, to five spaces, as
required by publishers?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You cannot set a paragraph indent as "five spaces" (indents are set in
inches, centimeters, or other linear measurement). This specification is a
relic of typewriter days, when typewriters mostly had 10 cpi or 12 cpi. It
can usually be viewed as being equivalent to half an inch (though that's
usually overkill for proportional type). Use Body Text (don't modify Normal)
or, better still, Body Text First Indent for your body text and modify the
style to have a half-inch first-line indent.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org