Tab and indentations

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  lowericon · Member · Mar 6, 2015 at 6:39 am

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  Why can’t I use the Tab key to indent paragraphs? That’s a basic tenet of grammar. I shouldn’t even have to ask about this. I should be able to indent paragraphs and dialogue within my writing. The Tab key doesn’t work and my first post looks like it was formatted by a child. I will not be using WordPress any more unless you can fix this for me.

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  lowericon · Member · Mar 6, 2015 at 6:43 am

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  I want a real solution to this problem, not just the best guess of whoever happens to spend their free time answering questions on the WordPress forums. Tab is so basic that you should be ashamed it doesn’t work in your website. You might as well not allow capital letters

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Mar 6, 2015 at 7:06 am

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  <p style=”padding-left: 30px;”>P.S. – No one is making you post to the forums. (I highlighted this portion and clicked once on the “Increase indent” tab.)</p>
  Here is a real solution this problem, not just the best guess of whoever happens to spend their free time answering questions on the WordPress forums. (I highlighted this portion of my text and clicked once on “Decrease indent.”)
  <p style=”padding-left: 30px;”>Tab is so basic that it is a pleasure to find it working beautifully on my website. Capital letters are working perfectly as well. Thanks, WordPress.</p>
  <p style=”padding-left: 60px;”>This is why I’m still using WordPress after six and half years. Because I continue to find that most things work right the first time I try them. (Two clicks on “Increase indent” that time.)</p>

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Mar 6, 2015 at 7:19 am

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  That looks like this: http://snag.gy/5c6WG.jpg.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 6, 2015 at 7:25 am

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  @lowericon
  Web pages are written in html, so you need html to add the type of formatting that you normally get with a single button-push in a word processor. That’s how the internet works.

  Also, I suggest you read the Support Forum Community Standards before you post here again: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-forums-community-standards?replies=1

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  lizthefair · Member · Mar 6, 2015 at 1:38 pm

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  You’ve gotten good responses here from our volunteers, Thanks guys!

  Musicdoc1 demonstrated how the paragraph indents work. If you need extra help finding the icons he mentioned, here’s what you are looking for:

  

  If you don’t have two rows of icons, first you will need to click the toolbar toggle button. It looks like this:

  

  It’s ok to be frustrated, or even angry with us. It’s not ok to be abusive. I’ve removed the unnecessary parts of your question below.