Hi, Dwight,
See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word
> Everytime I do a hanging indent all the other paragraphs
> in my document indent. If I do ctrl-z than the other
> paragraphs return to normal accept the one I indented.
> This workaround worked for a while but now whenever I do a
> hanging indent Word hangs. And, now the document
> formatting is all messed up. HELP!!