# Latex: What causes this indent

I have the following latex code:

% Preamble
% ---
\documentclass{article}

% Packages
% ---
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\title{Electronics Equations}
\author{Tyler Hilbert}
\date{}
\maketitle

\subsection*{Electronic Formula Wheel}
\includegraphics[width=50mm]{FormulaWheel.png}

\subsection*{Equations from "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits"}
% TODO - double check for all equations in chapter 1&2

Current: $I = dQ/dt$ \smallbreak
Note: This can also be written like this: $I = \Delta Q / \Delta t$
\bigskip

Charge: $Q = \int_{to}^{t} i dt$
\bigskip

Voltage: $V = dw/dQ$
\bigskip

Power: $p = dw/dt$
%TODO - check if I should add "Note that: $\sum{p} = 0$"
\bigskip

\end{document}


When I build my file it looks like this:

I am wondering what causes the indentation after the Current line (the line the starts with "Note: This can....." and so forth. How can I go about fixing this so the indentations is consistent?

• Why do you use break if you want a skip? – TeXnician Apr 29 '17 at 9:13
• Because I wanted the "Note: This can..." to be on the next line. – Tyler H Apr 29 '17 at 15:51

You want neither \smallbreak (that tells LaTeX a page break is nice at the spot) nor \bigskip:

% Preamble
% ---
\documentclass{article}

% Packages
% ---
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\title{Electronics Equations}
\author{Tyler Hilbert}
\date{}
\maketitle

\subsection*{Electronic Formula Wheel}
\includegraphics[width=50mm]{example-image}

\subsection*{Equations from Fundamentals of Electric Circuits''}
% TODO - double check for all equations in chapter 1&2

Current: $I = dQ/dt$\\*[\smallskipamount]
Note: This can also be written like this: $I = \Delta Q / \Delta t$\\*[\bigskipamount]
Charge: $Q = \int_{to}^{t} i\,dt$\\*[\bigskipamount]
Voltage: $V = dw/dQ$\\*[\bigskipamount]
Power: $p = dw/dt$
%TODO - check if I should add "Note that: $\sum{p} = 0$"

Note that opening quotes should be typed  and closing quotes ''. I also added the customary \, in front of the differential.
By default latex indents new paragraphs. Add \parindent0pt to your preamble to remove this.