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Photo : Nebojsa Tatomirov ( Shutterstock ) We all want our written work to look nice. Whether you’re preparing a book for possible publication, or just writing up a document for coworkers or friends to read, you’ve probably wrestled with formatting. Weird spacing, mismatched fonts, and other errors can leave us frustrated with Word or Google Docs—but sometimes the problem is, as they say, between keyboard and chair. That weird formatting you’ re battling is probably your fault. You are actually making this harder than it needs to be. Don’t indent paragraphs with tabs or spaces Sure, y ou can indent your paragraphs, if that’s your style—b ut stop using tabs or spaces to do it. When you hit the tab key, your word processing program (Word, Google Docs, etc. ) will insert an invisible “tab” character. That looks OK for now, but different programs and different settings can change how that tab character gets displayed. If you want to get persnickety about it, you can adjust the tab ...