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Anonymous
March 1, 2012
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Remove indent in first line (Find/Change command)

  • March 1, 2012
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Hi,

I'm having some thoughts about the text indent when used to move new rows in paragraphs to the right.

I've realized there are no certain way to tell InDesign to delete the indent on the first line but keep the others (except for creating a separate style) so I'm having some thoughts of using the "Find/Change" command to track down the indent of the first row of a paragraph and then replace all hits to text indent null.

I think this should work if I can specify these search criteria. And this is where I need your help, folks.

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Correct answer Przemysław Sakrajda

This is how I've done it:

Set up three paragraph styles: Title, First paragraph, Any paragraph with indents as you wish them to be.

In settings for Title: General > Next Style: First paragraph

In settings for First paragraph: General > Next Style: Any paragraph

In settings for Any paragraph I left default settings.

You may have to add extra styles for example for a Subtitle. I hope it helps.

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kromelek
kromelek
Participant
March 13, 2015

Hi,

Go to Paragraph and reset to zero the first line or lines.

Hope that helps

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    Przemysław SakrajdaCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    February 18, 2013

    This is how I've done it:

    Set up three paragraph styles: Title, First paragraph, Any paragraph with indents as you wish them to be.

    In settings for Title: General > Next Style: First paragraph

    In settings for First paragraph: General > Next Style: Any paragraph

    In settings for Any paragraph I left default settings.

    You may have to add extra styles for example for a Subtitle. I hope it helps.

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      Volpina777
      Participant
      June 19, 2018

      @Przemysław Sakrajda, I was having the same issue as an author of the topic, and your advice solved the problem in a second! Thanks! : )

      Rik Ramsay
      Rik Ramsay
      Participating Frequently
      March 2, 2012

      I am probably misreading the OPs question, but can this not be achieved by simply applying a negative indent to the first line of the paragraph?

      Joel Cherney
      Community Expert
      Joel CherneyCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 2, 2012

      I thought the OP was asking how to do a Find Format of -5mm of First Line Indent and replace with 0mm of First Line Indent.  We must be missing something mind-bogglingly obvious.

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      Mary Posner
      Inspiring
      March 2, 2012

      Based on the image, I think he wants any paragraph that follows immediately after a large blue head to be flush left; any paragraphs following that should have an indent.

      Jongware
      Community Expert
      JongwareCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 1, 2012

      "Row" = "line"?

      How are these paragraphs indented, using a tab or ID's own Left Indent function? Picture, please :-)

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        Anonymous
        March 1, 2012

        Hi Jogware.

        Yes, what I meant was line.

        They are actually using the "First Line Left Indent" function. Sorry for being sloppy in my first post.

        Added a screenshot, hope it helps and thanks for helping.

        Peter Spier
        Community Expert
        Peter SpierCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 2, 2012

        The on;ly way to fix this is to edit the style and remove the indent globally, or be able to identify something unique about paragraphs that carry that style which should not be indented so they can be identified, then have the indent removed as a local override. What's unique about the paragraphs you want to fix? That's what you have to search for in your GREP.

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