General ⇒ Indention of itemized List outside of its Scope

[gafarglbargl]

I get an unwanted indentation when using this code for itemized lists (see attachment).

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Definitions:
\begin{itemize}
  \item Functional requirement:
  \item Non-functional requirement:
\end{itemize}

Abbreviations:
\begin{itemize}
  \item FR: Functional requirement
  \item NFR: Non-functional requirement
\end{itemize}

"Abbreviations:" is not supposed to be indented, what to do?

[localghost]

The term "Abbreviations:" is indented by an amount of horizontal space determined by \parindent because it follows a blank line in the source code which introduces a new paragraph. The term "Definitions:" is not indented because it probably directly follows a heading (chapter, section, …). If you do not want that indentation, either delete the blank line or comment it (by simply inserting %).

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\begin{document}
  \section{Foo}
    Definitions:
    \begin{itemize}
      \item Functional requirement:
      \item Non-functional requirement:
    \end{itemize}
%
    Abbreviations:
    \begin{itemize}
      \item FR: Functional requirement
      \item NFR: Non-functional requirement
    \end{itemize}
\end{document}

Next time please prepare a self-contained and minimal example to give an adequate problem description and in order to avoid speculations and guesswork.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[gafarglbargl]

Thank you for the help, advice and welcome