I'm using Word 2016 for Mac. My issue is trying to figure out how to consistently duplicate each paragraph in this document (it is a legal document with every paragraph requiring a number) so that every paragraph is formatted basically the same.

For example, let's say there is 10 paragraphs in this legal document. Each paragraph is numbered 1 through 10, like this:

1. This is paragraph one.
2. This is the second paragraph.
3. And this is the third paragraph, etc.

The problem I'm having is that I cannot keep this "style" of paragraphs consistent. What I want to do is this: after each number of the paragraph, I want about two tab spaces before I start my first word of the paragraph, like this:

1. This is the first paragraph.


2. This is the second paragraph.
3. This would be the third paragraph.

What happens is that the paragraphs are, seeming by default, appearing like my first example above: the number of the paragraph and then the first word begins after only a few spaces.

I have tried to solve this in the "Styles Pane" selections by choosing the right style and even modifying one of these styles to duplicate what I want to do in each paragraph, but all in vain. Nothing seems to work.

If I try to hit the "tab" key twice after the number of the next paragraph appears, the entire formatting is screwed up.

This has swallowed up hours and hours of my time and I'm no closer to figuring out the solution. Any help would be appreciated.