Questions tagged [indentation]
{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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Automatically Indent the Last Line of a Statement a Prescribed Amount
Consider the code,
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\large
\noindent\textbf{How to Automatically Indent the Second Line of This Statement a Prescribed Amount---Say ...
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Indent all but first line of text in Bibliography section
I am writing a review in Latex and I'm writing the references directly into the Bibliography section in the main.tex file without using BibTex or bibitems or anything like that. I want to indent all ...
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How to disable only the question indentation and keep the parts and subparts indentation
I've been using the Exam package for my answering my problem sets, that's going good.
The exam package indents all the questions for some reason, because my document is only questions, it makes the ...
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Do the \parindent and \noindent cancel each other out?
I was reading through the \maketitle command provided by the default article.cls class and it has the following code:
\newcommand\maketitle{\par
\begingroup
\renewcommand\thefootnote{\@...
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Remove indent of paragraph after question in exam document class
I'd like to remove the indentation that appears before the question content.
\documentclass[addpoints]{exam}
\pointname{\ p}
\qformat{\textbf{Question \thequestion .} \hfill \textsl{(\thepoints)}}
\...
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Indentation in align* when using &=
\begin{align*}
\text{Assume for all i = 0, 1, ..., k, }\mathbb{P}(A_i\mid B) < \mathbb{P}(A_i)\\
\text{Then, }\mathbb{P}(\Omega\mid B) &= \mathbb{P}(\bigcup_{i=1}^kA_i\mid B)
\end{align*...
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Unwanted indentation in framed section headings in LaTex Exam
I'm writing a document using Latex's Exam class where I'd like to make framed section headings, in order to reproduce a pre-existent document.
I was able to draw frames with titlesec package with the ...
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Individually indent wrapped lines of lines broken with \\
I have long lines like this:
Saint Gabriel, who didst foretell to Zachary the birth and ministry of John the Baptist, \\
Saint Gabriel, who didst announce to Blessed Mary the Incarnation of the Divine ...
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R Markdown thesisdown fix(?) indentation
Using thesisdown to write my Masterthesis I was wondering about the default indentations of the package: If you check the pictures below, all the pages (of the default 'knitted' thesisdown rmd-files) ...
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Marginnote causing unwanted indent [duplicate]
I am writing an exam and am using the following code to insert the marks for the question on the right in the margin.
\newcommand{\mrks}[1]{
\marginnote{\textbf{#1}}[0em]
\ignorespaces
}
When ...
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Dramatist package: Reduce left indent before verse / speaker's lines
I want to move the lines spoken by the characters to the left like indicated in the image.
Minmal working example:
\documentclass[12pt, a5paper, twoside, ngerman]{scrbook}
\usepackage[autostyle=true, ...
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Why is tcolorbox preventing noindentafter from working properly?
I just discovered that the tcolorbox package prevents
noindentafter from doing its job:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{noindentafter}
\NoIndentAfterEnv{verbatim}
\usepackage{...
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How can I set the length of the indentation in the novel document class?
I use the novel package to typeset a novel for print, and I am really pleased by the beautiful, clean output with grid typesetting. Thanks, @rallg, for creating this package!
However, the standard ...
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Unwanted indent in multicolumn xltabular, incompatible packages?
Update : the problem has been solved by adding \shorthandoff{:} before and \shorthandon{:} after the xltabular environment (thank you Jasper). The issue was caused because of the use uf the french ...
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Force indenting at beginning of theorem environment
When I do my math homework, I use a theorem environment with custom theorem style via the amsthm package to enumerate my problems. I would like the first paragraph inside the theorem environment to be ...
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How to no identing the first line with paracol + verse
How can I get the first verse of poems without indentation? As you can see in my MWE, I successfully changed the left margin for every verse, except the first one in the first column.
I tried \hspace ...
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Tell LaTeX not to indent the next paragraph after my command
When using LaTeX for note-taking, I like to separate topics with a horizontal line. However, I'd prefer it if the first paragraph after the line wasn't indented, similarly to the start of a new ...
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How to manually (further) indent an `if` statement in `algorithm`
For example, I would like to further indent an if-then-else block like is done in this question.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algpseudocode}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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Strange Indentation after inserting images [duplicate]
I'm working on my thesis (I have no previous knowledge about Latex), I noticed that after inserting images, something weird is going on with the indentation. I don't know how to upload the Latex code, ...
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How can I get my margin notes to indent themselves into the text, shifting the text over?
I'm looking for my outer margin notes to be pushed into the text, and the text to flow around them, like the picture below:
I'm using scrbook, and I still want to margin notes to have the same ...
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Why is indentation for scrjura different for each paragraph?
I am trying to set up a contract with scrjura. Somehow the indentation seems to be different for the start of each paragraph. Why?
\documentclass[fontsize=11pt,parskip=half]
{scrartcl}
\...
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Beautifier for auto indentation of tex source files [duplicate]
Is there any software that can beautify tex files with proper indentation and spaces?
Something like C beautifier for C programs.
Thanks,
Prashant
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Contact info in a scientific paper
I'm writing a scientific paper and I came to the last part of it which is listing the info and contact info of the authors. I wrote the following code:
\begin{enumerate}
\item[{}]
\textsc{
Yasser ...
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Accessing paragraph indent in ConTeXt: \parindent?
In ConTeXt, how do I access the value of the paragraph indent? With LaTeX, I can use \parindent and it seems to work also with ConTeXt, but from the ConTeXt Garden's entry on indentation I get the ...
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Unwanted indentation when using tcolorbox [duplicate]
When I create boxes with tcolorbox, I get an unwanted indentation in two places: once directly before the heading and secondly in place of the first paragraph (all the following paragraphs have no ...
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How to keep lists indented in proof environment?
I have the following proof environment:
\begin{proof}
\leavevmode
\begin{enumerate}
\item[Case 1:] $3\mid n$. Then $n=3k$ for some integer $k$. Thus $n^2 = 9k^2 = 3(3k^2)$, and so $3\mid n^2$.
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How do I start a text from a certain distance from the right margin in the same line?
I'm trying to put together the title page for my thesis and the university has the instruction to have basically two columns of text at the bottom of the title page. Left column has to have a 4cm ...
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How to create a fixed indent?
I'm trying to convert my CV from word to tex. The attached image shows the general layout, which I can't figure out how to mimic with LaTeX. On the left margin is a year (e.g. 2023) and then that ...
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indentation problem in self defined environment
I have defined an environment called exercise as follows:
\newcounter{exercise}
\NewDocumentEnvironment{exercise}{o +b}%
{%
\IfNoValueTF{#1}
{\stepcounter{exercise}}
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Negative indentation of chapter and section titles [duplicate]
I would like to align chapter, section, subsection etc. titles as I have done in the table of contents:
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\RedeclareSectionCommands[
tocindent=-2cm,
tocnumwidth=2cm]{...
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Titlesec package is indenting space for \chapter listing in Contents
I am using both the titletoc and titlesec packages to format my chapters. I am using a special font and the following command:
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\...
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customising second line indent
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
%\pagestyle{plain}
%\usepackage[top=0.7 in,bottom=0.5 in,left=0.6 in,right=0.6 in]{geometry}
%\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
%\setlength\parindent{0pt} % Removes ...
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How to indent enumerate in beamer
Hi i ask beacuse the previuos questions are 10 year old and non of comments are working for me, i want to change the indent as it actually look to much to the left in reference to the paragraph
The ...
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Indent for individual section of references [duplicate]
do anyone know how to get indent on only on section in LaTeX. Like this in word:
I only want it for my references at the end without having to make a bibliography.
\begin{document}
\section{...
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How do I "straighten" the latex out?
The picture seen below is essentially what happens to me when I compile 1 long line of latex inside a latex box in LyX- it "clusters" up on top of the original line instead of spreading out ...
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How to get the Chapter names of Table of contents in Running Text (first letter capital and remaining in small letters) [duplicate]
I am customizing my table of contents style.
The title of TOC should be CONTENTS (underlined and in the center).
The headings of TOC have to be CHAPTER SUBJECT and PAGE NO like:
I am unable to adjust ...
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Enumitem identation issue
\documentclass[10pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist{topsep=1cm}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[66]
\begin{itemize}
\item[\textbf{(P1)}:]
\end{itemize}
\end{document}...
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Confusion about \@afterheading, \@afterindentfalse and paragraphs inside other environments
I am a package author writing a package for my company. I am trying to provide theorem-like environments using amsthm for easy use.
I need to find a way to realize the following behaviour:
If content ...
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Different indentation sizes
I am writing something in the MLA style and I need to use quotations. My professor requires the indentation of the quotations to be 35 pt which I can do. But I want to make my paragraph indentations ...
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How can I give indent to a paragraph in latex?
Writing an essay in Latex, but can not set indentation for whole paragraph.
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How to remove/disable paragraph indentation inside a forest node?
I tried all the tricks I know about. \usepackage{parskip} and \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} and \noindent but none are working inside a forest node. Here is MWE
\documentclass[crop,tikz]{standalone}
\...
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Paragraphs no longer indent after caption
[Rewritten the original post. For the later update see below.]
It seems that my paragraphs stop indenting due to the use of
\captionof{figure}
in the code below. Any suggestions for a workaround or ...
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How can we change the indent of a particular paragraph?
https://www.overleaf.com/project/6404a10f7700cdef79536dd4 How can I indent a particular paragraph to right according to my choice to match with the next paragraphs? In my case, the indent ...
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Line-by-line indentation control with memoir class
I'm having trouble controlling the indentation of individual lines while maintaining hanging indentation at each level. It's a bit hard for me to describe so I think it'll be clearest with a picture:
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@for loop variable name printed instead of contents in tabbing environment
I'm trying to automatically generate some indented lines using the tabbing environment and a @for loop. For some reason, this results in the for loop printing the name of the iteration variable over ...
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Remove space before item in table of figures and other listofs
I am looking to remove the space before each item in listoffigures, listoftables, etc.
Here is what I want to do :
Here is my MWE :
\documentclass[11pt, a4paper, dvipsnames, openany, twoside]{book}
%...
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Typesetting Chiasmus or structured, indented text
I need to typeset a chiastic structure. Here is a simple example:
The important parts are:
Identification of the part of the structure, i.e., A or A'
The text itself
Consistent spacing between ...
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Numeration layout
How can I create a numeration with the following Layout:
\TAB \TAB Description
\TAB a) \TAB Description
\TAB b) \TAB Description
(see screenshot)
Basically, I want to create a list and sublist ...
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How to indent a text block in Context, either Nested or with Multiple Levels?
Using Context, I want to be able to indent text blocks from the left, and which go all the way to the normal right margin. It looks like a context equivalent of using adjustwidth from the Latex ...
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hspace not working in tabular environment
I have the following code in LaTeX.
\begin{tabular}{ >{\centering\arraybackslash} m{2cm} | >{\arraybackslash} m{10cm} }
some text & text1 \newline
text2 \newline
...
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