# ind element

Represents paragraph indentation.

## Usage

    <ind
    	left="signedTwipsMeasureType"
    	left-chars="decimalNumberType"
    	right="signedTwipsMeasureType"
    	right-chars="decimalNumberType"
    	hanging="signedTwipsMeasureType"
    	hanging-chars="decimalNumberType"
    	first-line="signedTwipsMeasureType"
    	first-line-chars="decimalNumberType"
    />

## Element Information

Element type | indProperty
Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name | XML Document 2003

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
pPr | Represents the paragraph properties.
pPr | Represents the paragraph properties
pPr | Represents the paragraph properties to override in the table style.
pPr | Represents the paragraph properties for the style, if any.

### Child Elements

None.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
left | signedTwipsMeasureType | optional | Specifies space between left margin and text. Negative values move text into margin. |
left-chars | decimalNumberType | optional | Specifies character spaces between left margin and text (when using character units). Negative values move text into margin. |
right | signedTwipsMeasureType | optional | Specifies space between text and right margin. Negative values move text into margin. |
right-chars | decimalNumberType | optional | Specifies character spaces between text and right margin (when using character units). Negative values move text into margin. |
hanging | signedTwipsMeasureType | optional | Specifies hanging indent for all lines after first. |
hanging-chars | decimalNumberType | optional | Specifies character-space hanging indent for all lines after first (when using character units). |
first-line | signedTwipsMeasureType | optional | Specifies indent for first line only (cannot be used with hanging attribute). |
first-line-chars | decimalNumberType | optional | Specifies character spacing indent for first line only (cannot be used with hanging-chars attribute). |

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="ind" type="indProperty" minOccurs="0" >
    </xsd:element>

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