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I'm new with LaTeX. I'm having problem with indentation after {enumerate}. I search and got this which led to noindentafter package. Somewhat it's not working on the second paragraph after the enumeration.

Here's the code.

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, onecolumn, oneside, final]{report}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{noindentafter}
\NoIndentAfterEnv{enumerate}

\begin{document}

    \chapter{Hello World!}

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam lobortis facilisis sem. Nullam nec mi et neque pharetra sollicitudin. Praesent imperdiet mi nec ante.

    \begin{enumerate}
        \item Item 1
        \item Item 2
        \item Item 3
    \end{enumerate}

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam lobortis facilisis sem. Nullam nec mi et neque pharetra sollicitudin. Praesent imperdiet mi nec ante.

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam lobortis facilisis sem. Nullam nec mi et neque pharetra sollicitudin. Praesent imperdiet mi nec ante.

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam lobortis facilisis sem. Nullam nec mi et neque pharetra sollicitudin. Praesent imperdiet mi nec ante.

\end{document}

Here's the result

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I was expecting the second and third paragraphs after the enumeration should not have indentation.

Adding \noindent before those two paragraphs solve the problem, but I'm looking for more automatic way. How should I do that?

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  • You're reading wrongly the manual: the first paragraph after enumerate will have no indent. – egreg Jul 17 '16 at 12:44
  • I'm sorry I just read the description: "au­to­mat­i­cally sup­press in­den­ta­tions in fol­low­ing para­graphs". So how to automatically suppress second, third, so on paragraphs? – Petra Barus Jul 17 '16 at 12:47
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    Bad wording, I'd say: the paragraphs that immediately follow enumerate (the environment you specify in \NoIndentAfterEnv) are not indented. When should the “no indentation” stop, otherwise? In my opinion you should follow the standard: if you don't want the indent, don't leave an empty line. Take into account that the indent is very important for the reader. – egreg Jul 17 '16 at 12:52
  • @PetraBarus when you want no paragraph indents at all then do not use the noindentafter package but use the parskip package instead. – cgnieder Jul 17 '16 at 12:53
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The description on CTAN is a bit misleading. There is no appearance of “paragraphs” in the manual. What the package does is suppressing the indentation for the next paragraph following the declared environments. To be honest, also the documentation may be misleading.

Here is a shorter description: if you do \NoIndentAfterEnv{enumerate}, leaving a blank line or not after \end{enumerate} will produce the same output.

Besides, where should the “no indentation” stop? If you want to suppress the indentation in all paragraphs, consider the parskip package.

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  • Thanks! Package parskip is what I'm looking for! – Petra Barus Jul 17 '16 at 13:12

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