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Muhammad Sattar
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Nov 9, 2025 7:00 PM UTC
Question

How to align wrapped lines under text

I’m trying to align wrapped lines of a paragraph under the text that comes after a label like this:

 

But this: ‘Does a runner think they’re not a real runner until they run a marathon?
Does a basketballer think they’re not a basketballer until they play in the Olympics?
You become a writer by writing.’


Right now, I can get it to look correct by using a Tab and then adding manual spaces, but I’d like to know the proper InDesign way to do this ?

 

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Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Community Expert
Nov 9, 2025 7:09 PM UTC

Did you make and are they you using a paragraph style that includes defining a left indent and also a negative first line indent and possibly also a tab defined to the same distance?

If you do, you do not need manual tabs and spacebar spaces.

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Mike Witherell
Muhammad Sattar
Known Participant
Nov 9, 2025 7:14 PM UTC

Thanks! I only set a left indent in my paragraph style  I didn’t add a negative first-line indent or matching tab stop

 
 
 
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