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How to Create a Hanging Indent in Microsoft Word

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Here's how to create a hanging indent for your list of References:

  1. Place your cursor at the beginning of your citation, and highlight it.
  2. Right click your mouse
  3. Select Paragraph from the resulting pop up menu
  4. Under Indentation, use the Special pull-down menu to select hanging

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