Changing indent for all hung paragraphs   

I've got Word 2000.  I've downloaded a bunch of cases.  Everything is
"normal" style.  The hanging indents are set to hang by just 1/8 inch
on the left.  I want to change that to 1/2 inch.  

I hate to go through hundreds of pages, changing eaching hanging
indent one by one.  Is there a quicker way?  

Thank you.  

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date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:49:56 -0700   author:   *((({

Re: Changing indent for all hung paragraphs   

Use replace.

First create a style that has the formatting you want. Then do a replace 
looking for formatting that has normal style with hanging indents of 1/8 
inch.

To replace formatting and styles, you need to click the More button on the 
replace dialog.
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"<*(((><{"  wrote in message 
news:da6s825g7qbedrnmdrn77tdkm6rebljtdn@4ax.com...
> I've got Word 2000.  I've downloaded a bunch of cases.  Everything is
> "normal" style.  The hanging indents are set to hang by just 1/8 inch
> on the left.  I want to change that to 1/2 inch.
>
> I hate to go through hundreds of pages, changing eaching hanging
> indent one by one.  Is there a quicker way?
>
> Thank you.
>
> <*((((><{
> Fishy@Ocean.Net

date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:07:35 -0500   author:   Charles Kenyon

Re: Changing indent for all hung paragraphs   

Thanks, Charles -- but I can't seem to get that to work.  I can't use
"find" to find hanging paragraphs.  It won't find them.  

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In the last exciting episode on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:07:35 -0500,
"Charles Kenyon"  wrote:

>Use replace.
>
>First create a style that has the formatting you want. Then do a replace 
>looking for formatting that has normal style with hanging indents of 1/8 
>inch.
>
>To replace formatting and styles, you need to click the More button on the 
>replace dialog.

date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:33:44 -0700   author:   *((({

Re: Changing indent for all hung paragraphs   

In the Find dialog, click More, then Format | Paragraph, then choose
"Hanging" and set the amount by which they are hanging to 0.13".

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"<*(((><{"  wrote in message
news:kn4u829f1npn8injc6baig8cmug5i1ufh4@4ax.com...
> Thanks, Charles -- but I can't seem to get that to work.  I can't use
> "find" to find hanging paragraphs.  It won't find them.
>
> <*((((><{
> Fishy@Ocean.Net
>
> In the last exciting episode on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:07:35 -0500,
> "Charles Kenyon"  wrote:
>
> >Use replace.
> >
> >First create a style that has the formatting you want. Then do a replace
> >looking for formatting that has normal style with hanging indents of 1/8
> >inch.
> >
> >To replace formatting and styles, you need to click the More button on
the
> >replace dialog.
>

date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:52:51 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill

Re: Changing indent for all hung paragraphs   

"Suzanne S. Barnhill"  wrote:
> In the Find dialog, click More, then Format | Paragraph, then choose
> "Hanging" and set the amount by which they are hanging to 0.13".


If it doesn't work, you could try and change the default units to points or 
millimeters (Tools > Options > General).
Then look at the indent again, and use what you find (say 3.3 mm or 9.35 
pt).

Word's rounding  of decimal numbers can mess things up for "Edit > Find".

Regards,
Klaus

date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:37:34 +0200   author:   Klaus Linke

Re: Changing indent for all hung paragraphs   

Thanks, Klaus.  I'll keep tweaking around; perhaps I'll get lllucky.  

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In the last exciting episode on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:37:34 +0200,
"Klaus Linke"  wrote:

>"Suzanne S. Barnhill"  wrote:
>> In the Find dialog, click More, then Format | Paragraph, then choose
>> "Hanging" and set the amount by which they are hanging to 0.13".
>
>
>If it doesn't work, you could try and change the default units to points or 
>millimeters (Tools > Options > General).
>Then look at the indent again, and use what you find (say 3.3 mm or 9.35 
>pt).
>
>Word's rounding  of decimal numbers can mess things up for "Edit > Find".
>
>Regards,
>Klaus 
>

date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:42:05 -0700   author:   *((({