XL97: Indent Option on Alignment Tab Not Available with General Alignment

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When you type a value in the Indent box, or click the arrows, the Indent label no longer appears dimmed, and the Horizontal box is automatically changed from General to Left(Indent).

NOTE: Clicking Increase Indent on the Formatting toolbar causes the same result as typing a value in the Indent box or clicking the arrows.

To indent text in a cell, use one of the following methods:

Method 1

Select the text and click Increase Indent on the Formatting toolbar.

Method 2

1. Select the text.
2. On the Format menu, click Cells.
3. Click the Alignment tab.
4. In the Horizontal list, click Left(Indent) and type the amount by which you want to indent the text, or click the arrows in the Indent box.
5. Click OK.

NOTE: If you click Increase Indent several times and the cell to the right of the active cell is blank, the text you are aligning may be positioned over the blank cell, or over columns to the right of the active cell.