Help formatting a play script (people talking) with Pages.

Question

How can I write a play script with certain formats. This is what I want to do:
Person 1: Make it work like this. I want the dialog to wrap around like this
................Like this. So it stays even with the line above. I do not want to
................use the space bar to make it look like this.
Yeah, could someone help me use pages formatting to make it look like that, without using the space bar. Thanks. I had to use periods because the message board would change the spacing.

Answer 1

This is called a *hanging indent* .
+Menu > View > Show Ruler+
Select the paragraph you want to format.
On the ruler there is a blue flat bar stacked on top of a down pointing triangle. The triangle sets the left indent, ie how far in the paragraph aligns from the left edge. The flat bar sets where the *first line* of the paragraph starts.
Drag the 2 together in as far as you like. Next drag the flat bar back to the left edge.
Type "Person 1: tab Make it work like this…"
It will now wrap back with the left inset, until you hit the return again which will be the start of a new paragraph and then aligns back to the far left. The tab pushes the text after "Person 1:" into line with the rest of the paragraph.
To have a *line break* that does not cause a paragraph end, use a *"soft return"* which you get by typing the shift + return keys.
Or you can make a 2nd style that has no hanging indent for paragraphs that follow the original "Person 1:"
Save these as styles and you can set an +f key+ to switch between them.