{indentation} is about the first-line indentation of normal {paragraphs} as well as about the indentation of, e.g., {lists}, {quoting} environments, {captions}, and the various elements (sectioning numbers, titles, ...) in a {table-of-contents}.

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Lyx: first chapter line indented

In Lyx, how can I make sure that the first line of each Chapter is indented? I'm writing a "report" document, if that matters.
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Endnotes numbered by regular arabic numbers (instead of superscripts) and without indentation

The Latex document below (from my earlier question Chapter name appearing in the endnotes) produces endnotes which are numbered by arabic numbers in the superscript, and there is indentation for each ...
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List of figures indentation [duplicate]

I am writing my thesis and I am experiencing a problem with the space between numbering and the image name. You can see the problem in the picture I include in this question. It starts from 3.10. How ...
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How to replace fixed indentation of ToC entry names with fixed space between number and name?

How to make indents as in the second image? This is what it looks like now: This is what it should look like: MWE: \documentclass[a4paper, 14pt, english]{extreport} \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc} ...
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Getting back the paragraph in cleanThesis?

I want to use http://cleanthesis.der-ric.de/ for my PhD diss because I dont get into classicThesis. But unfortunately if I press return in my latex code this does not produce an paragraph as usual but ...
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Testing and modifying white space around an environment

I'm trying to create something similar to marginpar but without the hassle of floats (particularly because I'm going to have a lot of these). First issue These notes always appear at the beginning of ...
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Table of contents with indents and dots

I have a table of contents that looks like the following in my working example. \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{amsart} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{ellipsis} \usepackage{soul} ...
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Beamer - mystery indent

I've got the following frame: \begin{frame} \frametitle{TP-Basis} Ausgangspunkt: \begin{align*} s(x) = \begin{cases} a+bx & x \leq k \\ c+dx & x > k \end{cases} \end{align*} ...
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LyX: Removing indentation from a table

I want to make a table that has terms on the left side with .25\textwidth and descriptions on the right side with .75\textwidth Like Name: asdjoia Position: ...
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How to set lengths only for a specific environment (parindent for paracol in this case)?

Is it possible to set a length specifically for an environment? I know it is possible to change lengths for parts of the document only, by placing the \setlength command between {}, but when using an ...
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How can I eliminate section headers, while keeping the first paragraph of each section unindented?

I would like to have the sections of my document to just be separated by a vertical space, with no visible section header. Furthermore, I would like the first paragraph of each section start without ...
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No indentation after \paragraph command not working

I'm trying to create a new command called \domanda{}, that makes use of the \paragraph{} to create a series of questions with Q: in-built, together with their answers on a new line, WITHOUT ...
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LyX: Paragraphs ignored in PDF output

I have a document with article class. Here's the minimal example: #LyX 2.0 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 413 \begin_document \begin_header \textclass article ...
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Avoid stanza indentation in eledpar

I'm typesetting epic verse in parallel text format, i.e. with the original langugage on one page and the translation on the facing page. Having played around with a number of parallel packages, it ...
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Indent ONLY the first paragraph of a section/subsection/subsubsecion

I need to indent only the first paragraph of each section/subsection/subsubsection. Is it possible in a more clever way than using the indentfirst package and \noindent on each non-first paragraph?
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Setting text indentation inside itemize

Inside my LaTeX file I code something like this: \begin{itemize} \item Item NO 1 \\paragraph no1 paragraph no1 paragraph no1 paragraph no1 paragraph no1 paragraph no1 paragraph no1 paragraph no1 ...
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Indentation in the algorithm package after \Ensure, \Require

I have this piece of code: \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{algorithm} \usepackage{algpseudocode} \usepackage{varwidth} \begin{document} \begin{algorithmic} \Require ...
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Indentation of shorthands list

A subdivision of my of my references is a shorthands list. In order to get it to look like the other subdivision, a regular authoryear-ibid bibliography, I've added this to the preamble: ...
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First indent is shorter than it should be

I am using \paragraph{} at the beginning of chapter. All my paragraphs are intended automatically but first indent is always little bit shorter than others (I mean that white space). Does anyone ...
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Indentation after section title on a first item of “easylist” item

The code: % XeLaTeX \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{letterpaper} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage[50, sharp]{easylist} \usepackage{titlesec} ...
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Reliable code for automatic \noindent after specific environments?

There are a number of environments which I never want to follow up with an indented paragraph. itemize, enumerate, theorem, definition, etc. I know there are people who think this is bad style. But ...
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Inhibit indentation in paragraph after using the “quoting” package

A little while ago I asked this questions concerning how to quote in the style of "quotation" but without the first paragraph being indented. The answer I got was to use the quoting package instead of ...
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Change font size and indentation in reference section

I am writing a paper for a conference. They provided the a LaTeX style file however the compiled reference section is different from their own requirement. They require font size 8, no indentation, ...
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How to add more indentation for section in table of contents

I would like to move sections in my TOC more to the right =) The picture will explain all: Here is my code so far (This code will give me the upper part in the picture): ...
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Fool-proof paragraph skipping

I'm using XeLaTeX, and I need to have paragraphs that are only separated by vertical space, and with no indentation. However, no matter what I try, I always get indented paragraphs. This is my ...
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How to add horizontal whitespace in my text?

I have the following problem: Is there an easy and quick way to change the upper part to the lower? I tried using \hspace, but it had no effect. I'm new to TeX so bear with me ;D
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Starting a line where the previous line finishes

I have been using LaTeX for standard things like letters and scientific reports. I recently came to visit my grandmother who writes some poetry and told her I could make a nice pdf from her ...
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Apply ToC part indenting to chapter

I have a problem with my ToC chapter titles similar to one posted a long while back about part titles. I'm looking for guidance on how to apply these changes to chapter titles. I'm working with the ...
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TOC formatting edited chapters indentation issue [closed]

I am using a style file for an edited book that I didn't create and can't figure out a TOC command. Here's the problem: The list of authors in the TOC spans two lines, but the second line is not ...
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Mutliple inputs with line breaking

I am trying to write an algorithm with multiple inputs in algorithm2e. The result I would like to have is something like Algorithm ------------------- Input: Input number 1 Input number 2 ...
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New enumeration

\begin{enumerate} \item \item \item \item \end{enumerate} How to define new numeration: I would like to have bigger spaces between every two points and equal indents for all points. ...
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Inhibit indentation of first paragraph of quotation

I'm using LyX. Would it be possible to format something as "quotation" in a way in which the first paragraph doesn't get indented but the subsequent paragraphs does, like the way in which text ...
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Implementing indent in algorithm environment

I am using the algorithm environment in the algorithm2e package. What I want is to able to indent various portions. I tried \indent but that is doing me no good. Here is the MWE: ...
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Aligning equation numbers within enumitem

Take a look at the following minimal working example: \documentclass[a4paper, 11pt, leqno]{article} \usepackage{amsmath, enumitem} \title{} \author{Who knows?} \date{} \begin{document} \maketitle ...
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How can I get legal style indentation on section, subsection, subsubsec.. using titlesec?

So far, I've been trying code from various examples, and landed with: \usepackage(titlesec) \titleformat{\section}[block]{\bfseries}{\thesection.}{1em}{} ...
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Figure with caption within an itemize list not indenting correctly

I'm trying to put an image with a caption on it within an itemize environment (within another itemize environment). When I had the image with no caption, simply using \includegraphics, it indented to ...
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No indent in modified \maketitle in article

I am looking to have the title left justified along with the name of the author and teacher and the date. I have managed to get it left justified but the name is being indented, this is not what I ...
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Set indentation of choice in exam documentclass

I want to create an multiple choices question with this indenting format 1. ######## A. ### B. ### C. ### 2. ######## ######## A. ### B. ### C. ### The choices have same ...
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BibLaTeX: Wrong indentation when changing font size?

BibLaTeX seems to calculate wrong indentation when I change the fontsize. The lines following the first one are a little to the left than the first line (see the red line). MWE: ...
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Indent Theorem like \hangindent, but for multiple paragraphs

I would like to create a theorem style which indents the theorem exactly like a \hangindent would do, expect that the indention should continue for all paragraphs of the theorem. For example: ...
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Reducing left margin inside a TikZ node

I would like to reduce the left margin inside this node: \documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{enumerate} \usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows} \begin{document} ...
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Issues aligning equations

I thought I was doing everything correctly, but clearly not. I want my equations (all whether I use \begin{flalign} or \begin{equation}) to be aligned each other (have the same indent), and then when ...
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Annoying paragraph spacing issue with memoir

I have a spacing issue while using the memoir class. The main problem is that after the first paragraph there is a line skip and an indentation and afterwards, all the paragraphs are indented properly ...
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How Do I Indent My Proofs in the Following Manner?

I'm interested in indenting my proofs so that they look like this. Please note that the alignment of the word "proof" with the word "theorem" is significant. However, Google does not appear to yield ...
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Indentation using the APA6 class [closed]

I'm having some trouble indenting paragraphs using apa6.cls. \indent does not indent the paragraph, and I have tried \setlength{\parindent}{5pt} after \maketitle. I am using manuscript mode ...
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Indented box that split in multiple pages

I am doing a document with exercises and corrections. I would like the corrections to be easily remarkable so that no student read it by accident and get its exercise spoiled. I have written an ...
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double indentation of `\subsubsection` in toc [closed]

I have the toc showing up to \subsubsection, by \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} \tableofcontents The problem is that the \subsection and \subsubsection are listed at the same distance from the left ...
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Appendix package ToC control

I want to change the alignment of the appendices. I'm using \documentclass[12pt]{report} ... \usepackage{titletoc} \usepackage[toc,titletoc]{appendix} \usepackage{tocloft} ...
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lst include has first line indented [duplicate]

When I'm including a source file, by way of \lstinputlistings{file/path/to/file} However, This results in the following below: Why is the first line not being formatted correctly? And how do i fix ...
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Indenting equations

I'm using amsmath[fleqn] but I'd like to also indent equations outside equation/align/gather environments. A natural choice would be to indent using the same length amsmath uses, but I don't know how ...

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