Indents, outdents, and hanging punctuation

In this movie, we are going to talk about a few little things that mean a lot.…We'll talk about ways to indicate the beginnings of paragraphs, and when and why to use hanging punctuation.…Oh, and I'll tell you what hanging punctuation is. We'll start with indents.…One of the most basic little cues that readers depend upon are the indicators that tell us…we are about to start a new paragraph.…The reader must be able to clearly distinguish where one paragraph ends and the next begins.…The most common graphics signal is the indent.…

The width of the indent should be enough to be easily visible based on the line length.…One pica is a good starting point.…Another way to indicate paragraphs is the out dent.…These will need a wider left-hand margin, so the out dents are not too close to the edge of the page.…If space permits, you may also indicate paragraphs by skipping a line space or a half line space between paragraphs.…An unusual and more dramatic method is a very wide indent.…Here is an example. This works best with very wide columns of text.…