General ⇒ Issue with \parindent

[tripwire45]

I know this *should work, but it doesn't. I've placed it after \begin{document} and after the \tableofcontents as recommended with no results:

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\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus 0.5ex minus 0.2ex} 

Whether it's there or not, it simply has no effect and my paragraphs remain indented.

Interestingly, when I try:

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paragraph{} \noindent

the first line is not indented but all the subsequent lines in the paragraph are. I can't figure that one out.

I took a look at a number of resources including this thread:

http://www.latex-community.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=909

The example there didn't seem to apply because the solution because the issue in question seemed to be this:
[quote="seano"]Oops. My mistake...
For some reason I've been writing my paragraphs like this:

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Some paragraph text \\
A new paragraph \\
A third paragraph \\

I can do something like *this* and have it work out, but it seems like a kloogie solution and would be very work intensive:

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\noindent texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxx
texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxx \\

\noindent texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxx
texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx texxx \\

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Trip,

try with a smaller example ... can you see the effect here?

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus 0.5ex minus 0.2ex}
\section{Test}

\blindtext

\blindtext

\blindtext

\end{document}

Stefan

[localghost]

Put the following code to the test.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext

  \blindtext
\end{document}

Paragraphs should not be indented. If the problem remains with your code, please post a minimal working example (MWE) that shows the undesired effect.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[tripwire45]

Thanks, Stefan.

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\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus 0.5ex minus 0.2ex}

This did the trick.