Examples of hanging indent in the following topics:
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- This source section should end with a period, and it should be formatted with a hanging indent (i.e., the first line should be flush with the left margin, and every subsequent line should be indented 0.5 inches).
- As with a table, present the source information formatted as a note and with a hanging indent, and do not cite it again in your Works Cited section.
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- Each citation should be formatted with what is called a hanging indent.
- This means the first line of each reference should be flush with the left margin (i.e., not indented), but the rest of that reference should be indented one inch from the left margin.
- (In Microsoft Word, for example, you simply highlight your citations, click on the small arrow right next to the word "Paragraph" on the home tab, and in the popup box choose "hanging indent" under the "Special" section.
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- Each reference should be formatted with what is called a hanging indent.
- This means the first line of each reference should be flush with the left margin (i.e., not indented), but the rest of that reference should be indented one inch from the left margin.
- (In Microsoft Word, for example, you simply highlight your citations, click on the small arrow right next to the word "Paragraph" on the home tab, and in the popup box choose "hanging indent" under the "Special" section.
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- Each reference should be formatted with what is called a hanging indent.
- This means the first line of each reference should be flush with the left margin (i.e., not indented), but the rest of that reference should be indented 0.5 inches further.
- (In Microsoft Word, for example, you simply highlight your citations, click on the small arrow right next to the word "Paragraph" on the home tab, and in the popup box choose "hanging indent" under the "Special" section.
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- Each reference should be formatted with what is called a hanging indent.
- This means the first line of each reference should be flush with the left margin (i.e., not indented), but the rest of that reference should be indented one inch from the left margin.
- (In Microsoft Word, for example, you simply highlight your citations, click on the small arrow right next to the word "Paragraph" on the home tab, and in the popup box choose "hanging indent" under the "Special" section.
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- The entire block quotation should be indented one inch from the left margin.
- The first line of the excerpt should not be further indented, unless you are quoting multiple paragraphs—in which case the first line of each quoted paragraph should be further indented 0.25 inches.
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- The bullet points should be indented one inch from the left page margin, and the text of each element should be indented a further 0.5 inches from the bullet point itself.
- These numbers should be followed by periods, and the text of each element should be indented a further 0.5 inches from the beginning number.
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- The entire block quotation should be indented from the left margin the same distance as the first lines of your paragraphs (and the first line should not be further indented).
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- For example, if you wanted to quote the first two sentences of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense", you would begin that quotation on its own line, indent every line, and format it as follows:
- Each line of the block quotation should be indented from the left margin the same distance as the first lines of your regular body paragraphs.
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- If you are using a long quotation (four or more typed lines), instead of quotation marks, you should indent the entire quotation five spaces.
- If the quote is two or more paragraphs, indent the first line of each paragraphs an additional five spaces (maintaining the indent of the rest of the quote).