Indenting a block of text in LaTeX

Posted: 15th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeX
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To indent a block of text, you can use the \addtolength{length_variable}{length} command. For this task, we need to add to the \leftskip value for the block of text.

For example, to indent a block of text by 5mm we would do the following:

{\addtolength{\leftskip}{5mm}

...indented text here...

}




  1. mark says:

    This does absolutely nothing.

    OBJECTIVE\\
    {\addtolength{\leftskip}{10 mm}
    To obtain an internship relevant to the field of aerospace engineering\\*
    }

  2. peter says:

    this does

    OBJECTIVE

    {\addtolength{\leftskip}{10 mm}
    To obtain an internship relevant to the field of aerospace engineering\\*

    }

  3. Bethany says:

    This also works, although you don’t have any say in how much you are indenting by. One advantage is that works in an enumerated list.

    \begin{quote}
    Text to be indented.
    \end{quote}

  4. Tim says:

    That does work, but be aware that it will increase the margin on the left and the right of the text, which may or may not be what you want.