In context of MS-Word, with a ______ indent, the second and all the following…
2022
In context of MS-Word, with a ______ indent, the second and all the following lines of a paragraph are indented more than the first line of the paragraph.
- A.
divert
- B.
Tab
- C.
Hanging
- D.
reverse
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Correct answer: C
MS-Word's Paragraph dialog offers named indent styles that control how a paragraph's first line sits relative to the rest of the paragraph. A First Line indent pushes only the opening line inward; a Hanging indent does the opposite — it keeps the first line flush with the margin and pushes every line after the first one inward instead.
The question describes exactly that second behaviour: the first line stays at the margin while the second line, and every line after it, is pushed in further. That is the textbook definition of a Hanging indent (Format ▸ Paragraph ▸ Indentation ▸ Special ▸ Hanging), so Hanging is the correct term.
divert — not an MS-Word term at all; it means to redirect, and has nothing to do with paragraph formatting.
Tab — refers to the Tab key / tab stops, a keystroke-level cursor jump, not a named whole-paragraph indent style.
reverse — not a named indent style in Word's Paragraph dialog; no Special option is called ‘reverse’.