Indents are used to distinguish one paragraph from another, but hanging indents are used in citations. Here's how to create one on Google Docs easily.

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A hanging indent is required for your works cited, references page, or bibliography when writing in MLA or APA format. You can create a hanging indent in Google Docs in just a few simple steps.

Many users of Word use "Tab" to indent paragraphs and "Enter" to insert line breaks, rather than using Word's formatting styles.