how do i indent the first lines of paragraphs?
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how do i indent the first lines of paragraphs? (I’ve seen that there are codes that can be entered between the <head> tags of a document, but I don’t see such tags in the Text Editor). Is there a simple way?
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Thanks for this too, justpi. But I still have a problem with this solution: I do want ‘the “traditional” book look (line break but no blank line)” & i’ve applied the code to each separate paragraph, but although this does indent the first line, it still leaves a blank line before it! Could you tell me what to do to avoid this?
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My solution works as described. If it didn’t, then you made some mistake. But my code isn’t found anywhere on your front page. If you tried it in a static page, link or point to that page so I can check what’s wrong.
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Thanks for your willingness to check! The page is
http://dikflantz.wordpress.com/my-mothers-memoirs/marriage/Two problems occur: 1. sometimes the unwanted line space remains.
2. Pars that I want to appear with a line space before them & without an indent now get indented, sometimes without the line space! I’ve tried to resolve this by adding the <p> code in such places, but it doesn’t work.I’ll so appreciate your explaining what I should do to get this right.
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Thanks for your willingness to check! The page is
http://dikflantz.wordpress.com/my-mothers-memoirs/marriage/Two problems occur: 1. sometimes the unwanted line-space remains;
2. In places where I do want the extra line space & no indent, I find the first line gets indented &/or no extra line space. I’ve tried to resolve this by adding the <p> code, but it doesn’t help.I’ll so appreciate it if you can show me how to get this right!
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a) Code tags come in pairs – an opening tag that says start this here, and a corresponding closing tag that says end this here:
<p>CONTENT</p> <div>CONTENT</div> <div style="text-indent:30px;">CONTENT</div>Your page is misbehaving because in some cases you added the opening tag but forgot to add the closing tag or added an opening tag again instead of a closing one.
b) In your first reply you said you want the ‘traditional’ book look, so I assumed you meant you want it throughout. Now you’re saying you want a mixture of the two styles. In that case you must use my other solution (“single line indents”). So:
Delete all the code you have added. For regular paragraphs (blank line, no indentation) enter a paragraph break with no code at all. For old-style paragraphs (indentation, no blank line) enter a line break then enclose the first word in this code:
<span style="margin-left:30px;">WORD</span> -
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You’re welcome. For more clarity, “delete all the code you have added” should have been “delete all the opening and closing div and p tags you can see in the Text editor”.
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You’re welcome, but again you made the mistake of adding opening instead of closing tags. Check my example again: all the span tags that come after the word must have a slash.
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Thanks again. I’ve put in the slashes. This has been a great lesson: you’re a great teacher!
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