hanging indent not working

Question

I have a weird problem. I have my hanging indent set, and it works on all lines except one of them (this is not the first or last line, but one in the middle). I can fix this by removing the space between the last word in the previous line and the first word in the new line. When I do this, it combines them into one word and puts it on the problematic line and indents it properly. But obviously I want to have a space between the two words.

I do have the paragraph marks turned on and I am not starting a separate paragraph. It is just a space between words that is causing that problem. Again, this is just on one line. All the other lines in the paragraph are indenting properly. I am stumped.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I was using local formatting. I tried using a paragraph style and it seems to be fixed now.

Answer 2

I'm not aware of any general problem with hanging indents in Word. You will have to explain what you see and what you expect to see instead.

Are you using indents with numbering? In that case, specific considerations are necessary.

Display nonprinting marks and take a screen shot of your document, which you can then include in a message here. Alternatively, create an example document which illustrates the problem, upload it to (say) OneDrive or Dropbox, make the document public and post a link here.

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