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Select the paragraphs
Click in the paragraph, or highlight several citations at once.
How to add a hanging indent in Google Docs
Indent every line of a paragraph except the first - the format used for works cited and bibliographies.
Operations
2
Click Format
Open the Format menu.
3
Click Align & indent
Hover over Align & indent.
4
Click Indentation options
Choose Indentation options.
5
Click Special indent
Open the Special indent list - it shows None.
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Click Hanging
Choose Hanging.
7
Click the indent size box
Click the box next to the list to set how far the lines under the first one move in. Type 0.5 for the standard half-inch hanging indent.
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Click Apply
Apply the indent.
9
Hanging indent applied
The first line of each citation starts at the margin and the lines under it are indented.
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