Text Formatting ⇒ indents for first line in {quotation}

[saimike]

How do I remove the indent in the first line after \begin{quotation} ?

[Frits]

You can add \noindent before the first word of the text in the quotation environment.

[saimike]

Frits, Thanks!

[saimike]

Frits,

As it stands, I have to add a \noindent for every new line in my {quotation}, is there a way to make this a permanent configuration?

[Frits]

Can you post a minimal working example?

The indentation that is removed with \noindent is the paragraph indentation, which can permanently be turned off with by adding this to your preamble:

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\setlength\parindent{0pt}

However I'm not sure that's the problem, that's why I asked for a minimal working example.

[saimike]

Frits

Right now, I have:

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\begin{quotation} \noindent 
Doctor: How are you feeling?

Patient: I have a headache.

Nurse: Here are his charts.
\end{quotation}

In this case, I see that the Doctor line is not indented, but both the Patient and the Nurse lines are indented.

Outside of the quotation, I want every paragraph to have an indent. But inside the quotation, however, I do not want any indents. Is that possible without inserting a \noindent in front of every paragraph in the quotation?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

In that case use the {quote} environment instead of {quotation}. With quote, all paragraph indentations are turned off. Probably Frits did not mention it yet because your first question was just about turning it off at the beginning.

Btw. your code is not a minimal working example. No problem now with this simple issue, just next time perhaps post a compilable small example. Follow the link to read more about why and how.

Stefan

[saimike]

Stefan

Thanks for the tip. Still a rookie here, but I will try to follow the rules from now.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

The MWE tip wan't meant as a strict rule, don't worry, just as a helpful advice. Most of the time, a MWE is a guarantee for getting a quick, working and verified solution. We like to test and to fix code, which is possible with complete (compilable, but reduced) code.

Stefan