Note that the introductory paragraph and the bulleted list have a separate focus, so I feel the paragraph break is appropriate.
SPANISH INDENTING PARAGRAPHS HOW TO
To me, this looks like a bit of a mess, but I'm unsure how to address it. If I don't indent it, I end up with inconsistent indentation. If I indent my list-introduction paragraph as a regular paragraph, I end up with a lot of whitespace on the left. If my paragraphs weren't intended, the rules seem straightforward as no indentation is necessary.īut with indented paragraphs, the rules are less clear. What indentation should that introductory paragraph have relative to the other paragraphs and to the bulleted items in the list?
In many situations I've needed to introduce a bulleted list with a 1-2 sentence paragraph leading to the list. While I might ultimately revisit this decision, I'm still wondering about the indentation rules for bulleted lists as I frequently encounter this situation. A hanging indent is a form of paragraph indentation where only the first line of the paragraph or section of text is not indented. Indentation refers to the gap between the left-hand margin and the beginning of text on the page or screen.
Unfortunately, we don't have any official standard style guide to follow, so I've attempted to be as internally-consistent as possible.įor indentation, I opted to go for paragraph indenting as the majority of my paragraphs are 4-6 lines long and some sections of my document have several such paragraphs in sequence. I'm writing a formal document for my company where it'll be shared and used by a number of teams.
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