In LaTeX I'm using memoir
class. I want to break long passages into logical units with some white inter-paragraph space. \medskip
etc. indents the first subsequent paragraph – I want it unindented, as paragraphs are when starting a section. Can anyone advise? Thank you.
[Tex/LaTex] Occasional gap between paragraphs, no indent on first para
indentationmemoirparagraphs
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Best Answer
Using
\noindent
removes the indent (of length\parindent
) from a single paragraph and requires manual usage at every paragraph. To void the paragraph indent altogether, usein your document preamble, or at the start of your document (after
\begin{document}
).If you're after an automated approach to have some paragraphs not indented after placing a
\medskip
, you should define your own\medskipnoindent
macro (defined as\medskip\noindent
) that does exactly that. Here's a minimal example showing this:The above example has a standard inter-paragraph skip. If you want to remove this, you could use
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
. Regardless, for any\parskip
or\parindent
-related modifications, consider using theparskip
package.