General ⇒ Minor nuisance: first line of abstract is indented

[daantje]

Hi,

In documents of class article, the first line of the abstract is indented (at least on my computer). I don't think this is right and it is inconsistent with the first lines of other sections, which are not indented.

Do you have that problem? Do you know a fix?

Thanks!

[localghost]

Just add the \noindent command right at the beginning of your abstract.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\author{daantje}
\title{Preventing indentation in the \texttt{abstract} environment}
%\date{\today}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle
  \begin{abstract}
    \noindent
    \blindtext
  \end{abstract}

  \blinddocument
\end{document}

Best regards
Thorsten

[gmedina]

....Do you have that problem? Do you know a fix?...

It's not a problem, it's a feature. Simply add \noindent right before the text in the abstract.

[daantje]

Thanks! That was easy.