Hi Amber. My best guess is that MS Word is doing that incredibly aggravating thing of autoformatting based on the pattern you have established. So if you did some paragraphs which you started with a tab, then it will just start automatically tabbing when you press enter twice to start a new paragraph. You can probably turn this off, but I don't know how. However, if you press tab and hear that you're one inch from the edge, then just backspace once and remove what is essentially the second tab-the first one was automatically put in for you and the second one you put in yourself. HTH. Donna _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amber Wallenstein Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:22 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT, microsoft word help I am working on a paper for grad school. for some reason, in this particular paper, in certain paragraphs, when I hit the tab key to start the paragraph, it indents an inch, instead of the .5 inches it normally does. I am using word XP. I also have it on normal view. Any thoughts on how to get all of my paragraphs to indent one uniform .5 inches? Amber Book blog: http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/ I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate. John Adams E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx