Horatio said:
Is there a way to do block quotes (which indent 5 spaces
on the right AND left) easily in Word 2003? It's amazing
that Word, after all these years, doesn't just have a
button for this, as Wordperfect long has.
The easiest way to do what you want in Word is to use a style (IMO).
To get started, type in the text of a quote. Then select the paragraph.
Then use
Format >> Paragraph
to set up the margins and justification you want (or use shortcuts if you
know them).
Then create the style and give it a name like this: with the paragraph
still selected, type a style name (like BlockQuote) into the "style" combo
box of Word's Formatting header (to the left of the font name).
Later, to apply the style to each new block quote paragraph, select the
paragraph and then choose the style name using the style combo box.
(Different word processing programs have different approaches to user
interface. Word is more style-oriented than WordPerfect is. I've had to
transition from one to another (Word to WordPerfect in my case), and found
things really awkward at first. After lots of experience with many kinds of
word processing programs, I find that it's much more productive to get
tuned into the new program's preferred way of doing things, rather than try
to do things like in the past.)
