{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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votes
1answer
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Indent and spacing in tables (or: How to do it better?)
I'm using the tabular environment in order to properly display my address in the text. But as the following example shows, the first column of the table doesn't align with the main body text. Also ...
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0answers
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\subsection with indent, but there shouldn't and \noindent not working [closed]
I have the following problem:
I just set a new \subsection and there is a indent at the first two lines! I cannot explain it, because all others \subsection have no indent, I tried \noindent and also ...
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vote
1answer
648 views
In LyX, how do I indent the paragraph right after an itemize/enumerate environment
See the example above, I want to indent the second paragraph.
The generated .tex file is
%% LyX 2.0.4 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really ...
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votes
3answers
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A theoremstyle with complete indentation using amsthm
I want to define a theoremstyle using amsthm, such that the complete environments content produced by \newtheorem with this style are indented.
The following standalone example uses an adapted ...
5
votes
2answers
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Enforcing new paragraph indents in book style
I'm having trouble getting the paragraphs in my document to indent. I'm not sure what could be wrong, as I thought this was default behaviour.
Here is a cut down version of my tex file:
...
5
votes
1answer
207 views
How to remove section indentation in partial ToC using titletoc?
See MWE below.
How can I remove the indent in front of the section entries in the partial ToC (only there, not in the normal ToC)?
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
...
5
votes
1answer
88 views
Alternative to adjustwidth for use with a lettrine (or alternative to lettrine)
I'm using \lettrine for the first paragraph of a section. However I'd like that section to be narrower than the others so I'm also using adjustwidth from the changepage package. This causes alignment ...
5
votes
2answers
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Roman chapter numbers cause overfull hbox in titletoc-ToC
Overfull hbox in ToC after chapter numbers changed to Roman; see MWE below. With the tocloft package \setlength\cftchapternumwidth{3em} solves the problem.
But: Is there any solution to the problem ...
4
votes
1answer
238 views
Is there a default / official / standard Vim indentation file for TeX, or just best practices for TeX source indentation?
If you see here, the author mentions an "official version" of an indentation script from Johannes Zellner. The link is broken and while there are traces of Zellner all over the interwebs, I can't find ...
5
votes
1answer
151 views
TeX4HT, first paragraph and indentation
In a book, I set up indentation to be 1em for every paragraph, including the first paragraph in sections:
\setlength{\parindent}{1em}
However, TeX4HT doesn't honor this setting and sets the first ...
5
votes
1answer
281 views
Indenting part of paragraph after \\ in a list
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
A list:
\begin{itemize}
\item \texttt{abc def ghi}\\
This needs to be indented.
\item \texttt{jkl mno pqr}\\
This needs to me indented, too.
\item ...
2
votes
1answer
195 views
Table numbers overwrite table captions in list of tables with double-digit tables
I am having a problem where the table numbers overrun into the table captions in my list of tables for tables with longer numbers. I am using the attached nuthesis.cls file (based on amsbook.cls). I ...
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votes
2answers
504 views
No indentation after empty line
Indentation can be selectively suppressed using \noindent or completely with the option parindent=full to the KOMA document classes. Books (fiction) are usually structured using paragraphs, indented ...
3
votes
2answers
214 views
Increasing indentation in an enumerate
I have a slide with an enumerate that's partially in the main slide and partially in a column on the same slide. Here's a minimal example to show my intention:
\documentclass{beamer}
\begin{document}
...
2
votes
1answer
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description: paragraph as definition - get straight left margin for multi-line definition
With \item[keyword]explanation-that-goes-on-for-several-lines I get:
keyword this is the first line
this is the second line
But I'd like it like this
keyword this is the first line
...
3
votes
1answer
478 views
No indent in res.cls
I am writing a resume using res.cls.
I would like to write a non-indented paragraph under a section heading but can't figure out how to override the heavily indented margins used for columns under ...
4
votes
1answer
111 views
Modify \listofschemes output to match memoir class
I am using the memoir class with the chemstyle package. I just observed that the output from my \listofschemes command has a different indentation and format than my \listoffigures output.
I tried ...
5
votes
1answer
165 views
Add indent to \footnoterule
I would like to show the footnote rule with the same indentation as the footnote. I have tried with something like
\renewcommand\footnoterule{%
\kern-3\p@
\rule{.4\columnwidth}{0.4pt}
...
5
votes
1answer
103 views
trying to set text where section header has different margin and textwidth from section text
i am trying to set some text where the section header has a different margin and textwidth from the section text.
the screenshot shows a mockup of how i would like the final layout to look ...
5
votes
2answers
814 views
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
...
1
vote
1answer
319 views
how to not indent all paragraphs in the document [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there an easy way to have my whole document with a space between paragraphs rather than indentation?
I would not indent all paragraph of my document. instead putting ...
1
vote
1answer
234 views
How to remove labels but preserve hanging indenting in the memoir class
I am writing my humanities PhD in the memoir class. I need to have hanging indents for the bibliography, but no numbers or bullets. I have added
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@biblabel[1]{}
...
4
votes
2answers
902 views
\captionof messes with paragraph indent
\documentclass{mwrep}
\usepackage[font=small,compatibility=false]{caption}
\usepackage[chapter]{minted}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}
\lipsum[2-3]
\captionof{listing}{Caption of ...
6
votes
1answer
219 views
Microtype and textpos
I have found an effect on the part of the microtype package that I'd wish to cancel somehow. In the MWE that I am including below I collect a couple of token contents to be typed as part of a footer ...
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votes
2answers
335 views
Indentation for proofs
I'm using amsbook document class and amsthm package. I want the proofs to stand out from the rest of the text by slightly indenting them, i.e. leaving some margins from left and right. How do I do ...
4
votes
2answers
3k views
Indenting multi-line list items in an enumeration
I have an enumeration environment in my LaTeX document consisting of several numbered steps. Now I need to indent some of these steps. I am using the following command to achieve this indentation for ...
9
votes
1answer
114 views
Indent or not based on section depth
I would like to know how to set it up so that a \subsubsection{} will indent the first paragraph but all other sectioning command of a higher level (\chapter{}, \section{}, and \subsection{}) will NOT ...
7
votes
2answers
162 views
hanging package chokes on apostrophes
I'm writing a file in LaTeX2e with TeXshop in which I'd like some paragraphs where all lines of a paragraph after the first line are intended (as with dictionary entries). I found out about the ...
3
votes
1answer
505 views
Automatically adding \noindent after \section{*}
I'm using titlesec package and a document class ABNT Class which follows a Brazilian standard for document development. So far I've managed to follow the Brazilian Computer Association guidelines for ...
6
votes
4answers
318 views
Within a single paragraph, hang a wrapped line, but do not hang new lines
I'm writing a list, and would like the line hanging to work like this
I do not want to use separate paragraphs for each item in the list, and I do not want to use the list environments; I will be ...
4
votes
1answer
115 views
How do I change the indentation of wrapped lines in enumeration items?
When I use the following document (which uses \documentclass{article}):
\documentclass{article}
\title{Sample Document}
\author{John Smith}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item This is a short ...
6
votes
1answer
221 views
Is there a way to set the tab length in any other unit than pixels in TeXworks?
OK, this might be more for http://superuser.com, but I guess I should give it a try here:
So, I use TeXworks from the TeXLive repo. Or at least, I started to, since I need to have a LaTeX suite ...
5
votes
2answers
311 views
set hanging indent for more than one paragraph at a time
is there a way to start every paragraph in a document with a hanging indent, without defining this for each and every paragraph?
Is this possible without any extra packages loaded or such?
And, ...
8
votes
2answers
293 views
Different indentations of same level in ToC
I am writing a paper for university and I need to do it according to style guides. Everything looks peachy, except for the ToC.
This is how it comes out for me:
The word "appendix" shouldn't ...
1
vote
1answer
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bibliography - hanging+label
I'm using a simple thebibliography environment in my PhD thesis, using the book document style:
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\bibitem{Kress10}
\noun{Kress},G.
\emph{Multimodality: A Social ...
1
vote
1answer
140 views
How do I create an indentation in the first line of every paragraph? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Paragraph indenting not working
I'm using parameters as below.
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\setlength{\parindent}{1.5cm}
I'm using \\, \\\\ and \linebreak to create new ...
9
votes
3answers
192 views
Array with Strings that are displayed on new line with indentation
I would like to have something like this in LaTex:
Is there a function that does that? Otherwise I would like to have a command that I can pass an array of strings, separated by a comma/semicolon, ...
6
votes
1answer
392 views
Indenting multiple paragraphs in description
I am trying to put multiple paragraphs in a description, where the body text is indented by one \parindent, and I want to indent the second paragraph by one \parindent relative to the body text ...
6
votes
2answers
903 views
How to disable automatic indent?
I know there are some similar questions here, but I haven't found the perfect answer for my problem.
I don't like that TeX indents he first line of each paragraph and I'm too lazy to write \noindent ...
3
votes
1answer
278 views
Newlfm class and indentation
I am trying to write cover letter using Latex, I found out about newlfm class, I almost got what I wanted, but I can't make him indent any paragraphs.
What I want is to get first line of every ...
6
votes
2answers
664 views
Hanging line indentation with enumerate
I'm writing a multiple choice text in latex, and I've been having some problems with the identation. I successfully indented all my text using
\begin{enumerate}
{\setlength\itemindent{15pt}\item[1)] ...
4
votes
1answer
303 views
Numbered, hanging paragraph without list environment
I often quote text (legal sources). Normally I use the quoting-package and csquotes (block quote).
Often, the quotation contains some lists, and often with a non-standard numbering (f. ex. § 4-1(a)), ...
4
votes
1answer
838 views
Section indent or leftmargin
I use the titlesec package for decoration sections and subsections. But i do not know how to change leftmargin or indent for this.
Look at the picture, the green line is where i want to move the ...
2
votes
2answers
225 views
How can I modify the settings of the margin item in a list?
In the article class I have this section of code
\if@twocolumn
\setlength\leftmargini {2em}
\else
\setlength\leftmargini {2.5em}
\fi
\leftmargin \leftmargini
\setlength\leftmarginii {2.2em}
...
6
votes
2answers
757 views
pdflatex indenting first paragraph after section
I am having an issue where the first paragraph is being indented after a section heading. For instance
\section{My Section}\label{sec:my-section}
This is my section, and I have no idea why it's being ...
0
votes
0answers
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Indent command doesn't work on first paragraph [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I indent the paragraphs which follow a heading?
hope you can help me with this. I am having trouble making the \indent command work on the first line of my text. ...
5
votes
2answers
134 views
Table align in description environment
Why table doesn't align as a text in description environment? I want it has same left indent and width as text.
Is that possible?
\documentclass[a4paper,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[paper=a4paper, ...
5
votes
1answer
783 views
Hanging indents in bibliography
I can't imagine this isn't covered elsewhere, but for the life of my I can't find it. (Forgive me, I'm very new to LaTeX.)
I'm running pandoc to generate PDFs based on a markdown document, but right ...
2
votes
1answer
145 views
Indent pagenotes with multiple lines in memoir
I'm writing a non fiction book using the memoir package.
I've been playing around quite a lot, and I must say I'm very satisfied with Peter Wilson's guide.
Pagenotes are great because they allow me ...
6
votes
1answer
246 views
Hang alignment in bibliography
My problem is rather simple but I wasn't able to find a satisfactory answer after some searching on the web and here.
I'm trying to build a bibliography manually and would like to modify the ...
