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| LaTeX does a great deal of arithmetic to arrive at the 'best' alignment of text. Sometimes, 'best' just isn't good enough. | The default indentation style can be configured in several ways. |
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| == Paragraph Indentation == | == Paragraphs == |
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| Paragraph indentation length is set by `\parindent`. To change it, try: | The default behavior is to indent all paragraphs except for those immediately following a [[LaTeX/Sections|section title]]. Paragraph indentation length is set by the document type; see [[https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/50144|here]] for some details. To force indentation on a paragraph immediately following a section title, include the '''indentfirst''' package at the top of the document. {{{ \usepackage{indentfirst} }}} To set an explicit indentation length, try: |
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| Most paragraphs are automatically indented on the first line. The primary exception is the paragraph immediately following a section title. To force indentation on that paragraph, include the `indentfirst` package at the top of the document (i.e. `\usepackage{indentfirst}`). |
LaTeX Indentation
The default indentation style can be configured in several ways.
Contents
Paragraphs
The default behavior is to indent all paragraphs except for those immediately following a section title. Paragraph indentation length is set by the document type; see here for some details.
To force indentation on a paragraph immediately following a section title, include the indentfirst package at the top of the document.
\usepackage{indentfirst}To set an explicit indentation length, try:
\setlength\parindent{24pt}