Definitions

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  • noun A hanging paragraph.
  • verb To indent negatively, bring towards the margin.

Etymologies

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Modelled on indent, replacing in with its opposite, out.

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Examples

  • Tumblr's streamlined editor lacks some of the editing tools found in other blogging services, such as buttons for paragraph indent and "outdent" and a full-screen editing option, and the relatively small text entry field doesn't encourage you to write dissertations.

    Macworld 2010

  • Here, paragraphs are formatted with a style that produces an "outdent".

    Discussions: Message List - root 2008

  • · Code commenting, auto-indent and outdent, block selection, incremental search, reflow paragraph, join lines, enter next character as raw literal, repeat next keystroke and clean line endings on "save".

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • · Code commenting, auto-indent and outdent, block selection, incremental search, reflow paragraph, join lines, enter next character as raw literal, repeat next keystroke and clean line endings on "save".

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • GFX should use the newer nsIPrefService APIs instead of nsIPref bug 194963 cannot outdent single line when line is one of mutliple lines indented together bug 246669

    unknown title 2009

  • Minor fix so you can't attempt to outdent the list title or mind map central figure.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2009

  • GFX should use the newer nsIPrefService APIs instead of nsIPref bug 194963 cannot outdent single line when line is one of mutliple lines indented together bug 246669

    unknown title 2009

  • GFX should use the newer nsIPrefService APIs instead of nsIPref bug 194963 cannot outdent single line when line is one of mutliple lines indented together bug 246669

    unknown title 2009

  • GFX should use the newer nsIPrefService APIs instead of nsIPref bug 194963 cannot outdent single line when line is one of mutliple lines indented together bug 246669

    unknown title 2009

  • GFX should use the newer nsIPrefService APIs instead of nsIPref bug 194963 cannot outdent single line when line is one of mutliple lines indented together bug 246669

    unknown title 2009

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