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I have the following sequence of lines:

something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.

In case microtype is enabled the last line turns out wrong.

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The problem seems similar to this one or this one. However the provided solutions do not work for my case. Do you have another solution?

Of course I could just use a tabular environment or similar, but these really wouldn't be handy in this case. How could I just disable microtype for this paragraph?

MWE

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[final]{microtype}

\begin{document}

\begingroup
\microtypesetup{disable} % does not work
\microtypesetup{activate=false,protrusion=false} % does not work
\noindent 
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.
\endgroup

\end{document}
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    Try it with an explicit \par at the end: ... not required. \par \endgroup. – Arash Esbati Mar 10 '16 at 16:44
  • That works, note that it requires either \microtypesetup{protrusion=false} or \microtypesetup{activate=false}. \microtypesetup{disable} does still not work. Maybe you want to make that an answer, with an explanation? – thewaywewalk Mar 10 '16 at 16:50
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    The microtype documentation allows to disable microtype for a paragraph by simply clicking on a button (this is compatible only with recent viewers). I thought looking at the source would be of some help, but I just can't understand them. Maybe someone else? – Clément Mar 10 '16 at 17:40
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The protrusion extension applies to the entire paragraph. In your MWE, you terminate the paragraph after the \endgroup where \microtypesetup{protrusion=false} is restored again. Terminate the paragraph within the group:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[final]{microtype}

\begin{document}

\begingroup
\microtypesetup{activate=false}
\noindent 
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\par
\endgroup

\bigskip

\begingroup
\microtypesetup{activate=false}
\noindent
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.\\
something is\hfill not required.

\endgroup
\end{document}

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\microtypesetup{disable} seems to be an undocumented feature, I haven't tried it.

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