You may not use hanging indents often in your documents, but you might need to use them if you ever create a Modern Language Association bibliography. Unlike a standard indentation, a hanging indent moves a paragraph’s first line to the left and its remaining lines to the right. It’s not difficult to add a hanging indent to one paragraph manually, but it could take time to a format a large document. You won’t find a “Create Hanging Indent” button in Google Docs, but you will find a control that can help you create this special formatting. Tips Writer Bio