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Short of writing a highly specific function for particular text strings, is there a simple way to format text, as say in a bibliographic record, to produce a hanging indent (first line of full with, second and subsequent lines indented) as in a style option?

I find nothing via an online search or within the Mathematica documentation concerning hanging indentation.

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You can use TextCell with the option ParagraphIndent

TextCell[StringTake[ExampleData[{"Text", "DeclarationOfIndependence"}], 900], "Text", 
 ParagraphIndent -> -40]

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or Style with the option LineIndent:

Style[StringTake[ExampleData[{"Text", "DeclarationOfIndependence"}], 900], "Text", LineIndent->2]

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You can mark any cell you like, invoke OptionInspector for it and go to FormattingOptions>TextLayoutOptions. There you find ParagraphIndent and TabSpacings.

E.g. ParagraphIndent -120 and TabSpacings {7.65} leaves enough space before the hanging paragraph e.g. for an outdented ISO date (i.e. YYYY-MM-DD) - but only if you display with 100%. If you display it with 125%, the tab no longer aligns with the ParagraphIndent. The reason seems to be that ParagraphIndent is defined in printer's points. TabSpacings is in "ems", a strage unit apparently related to the width of a capital M, which of course grows larger if the display maginification is increased.

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