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Usually one can adjust paragraph indent with

\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

but that fails for the apa class. Is there another way to get rid of this indents in this class?

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    The class might set \parindent at the begin of the document. Did you tried changing it after \begin{document}?
    – Martin Scharrer
    May 23, 2012 at 16:45
  • \AtBeginDocument{\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}}
    – Marco Daniel
    May 23, 2012 at 16:47
  • @MarcoDaniel you should turn your comment into an answer.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    May 23, 2012 at 17:36
  • @GonzaloMedina: I must qualify my comment-- see my answer.
    – Marco Daniel
    May 23, 2012 at 18:42
  • He guys thank fo the help. After begindocument works now :-)
    – Markus Graf
    May 29, 2012 at 13:24

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I must qualify my comment.

I used the two following examples to test my statement and I noticed that the command:

\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

in the preamble will do the job.

test-file apa.cls

\documentclass[english]{apa}
\usepackage{babel,blindtext}
\setlength{\parindent}{0.0pt}
\begin{document}
\blindtext

\blindtext
\end{document}

test-file apa6.cls

\documentclass[english]{apa6}
\usepackage{babel,blindtext}
\setlength{\parindent}{0.0pt}
\begin{document}
\blindtext

\blindtext
\end{document}

In the next run I noticed that \maketitle set a new paragraph indention at the end of definition.

\documentclass[english]{apa}
\usepackage{babel,blindtext}
\setlength{\parindent}{0.0pt}
\author{Name}
\title{MWE}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\blindtext

\blindtext
\end{document}

Based on this MWE (that is your task) you have to change \parindent after \maketitle

Proof: A minimal working example (MWE) ist the best way to illustrate a problem. q.e.d.

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  • Thanks it definitively just works after begin{document} and after making some title stuff. \begin{document} \pagestyle{plain} \maketitle \doublespacing \pagestyle{headings} \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
    – Markus Graf
    May 29, 2012 at 13:26

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