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RE: Opening Sentence Of New Paragraph Spacing (help?)
Hi folks,
Throughout many of the books I have read, the opening sentence of each new paragraph is given a specific spacing.
For example, each first word (of the new paragraph) will be (say) three or four spaces along from (left) margin:
I have used '_ _ _' to notate the indentations because the settings within this forum are deleting my spaces.
Are these spaces something which one should incorporate into their script from the very inception, or is it something which is applied at the publishing end, please? I ask because I find this format quite attractive and easy-on-the-eye (in the reading sense). Is there a setting in Microsoft Word which can be configured to automatically produce such a end result, please?
Thanks very much indeed.
Paul
Hi folks,
Throughout many of the books I have read, the opening sentence of each new paragraph is given a specific spacing.
For example, each first word (of the new paragraph) will be (say) three or four spaces along from (left) margin:
_ _ _ Mack's eyes followed the elderly Reverend as he made his way past the make-shift altar and exited by way of the Deputy Superintendent’s cloakroom.
_ _ _ Mack thought about how he had served fifteen lousy years for a crime he did not commit. He hated prison life, and vowed revenge upon anyone who dared to step in his way. “I came in here one helluva mean b######, and I’m leavin' an even meaner one,” he often quietly joked during the run up to his release.
_ _ _ A conscientious young guard swiftly appeared and whisked away the draping white cloth and cheap plastic crucifix which had dressed the Warden’s dining-room table. From above, the fluorescent overheads glared harshly upon him.
_ _ _ Mack thought about how he had served fifteen lousy years for a crime he did not commit. He hated prison life, and vowed revenge upon anyone who dared to step in his way. “I came in here one helluva mean b######, and I’m leavin' an even meaner one,” he often quietly joked during the run up to his release.
_ _ _ A conscientious young guard swiftly appeared and whisked away the draping white cloth and cheap plastic crucifix which had dressed the Warden’s dining-room table. From above, the fluorescent overheads glared harshly upon him.
I have used '_ _ _' to notate the indentations because the settings within this forum are deleting my spaces.
Are these spaces something which one should incorporate into their script from the very inception, or is it something which is applied at the publishing end, please? I ask because I find this format quite attractive and easy-on-the-eye (in the reading sense). Is there a setting in Microsoft Word which can be configured to automatically produce such a end result, please?
Thanks very much indeed.
Paul
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