Note: Paragraph indents can be applied only to text placed in a text frame. To indent text in table cells, you can use the option Inner margins on the Alignment tab when you open the dialog box of the ribbon tab Home | group Alignment
. Please note: a different dialog box will open depending on whether you are in a text frame or in a table cell.
You can use indents to change the left and right margins of paragraphs in text frames to move text in or out. The indent for the first line of a paragraph can be specified separately.
To use indents, select the desired paragraphs in the text frame. Then open the dialog box by clicking on the group arrow of the ribbon tab Home | group Alignment.
Alternatively, open the dialog box by right-clicking on the selected text, and select the entry Paragraph.
In the section Indents you can set the Left indent, the Right indent and the First Line indent of a paragraph. Enter the desired values here. The First line indent can be either positive or negative.