User:Zoeannl/Project guideline/Proofreader’s Guide/Indenting

Put a blank line before the start of a paragraph, unless it starts at the top of a page. A new paragraph is indicated by an indentation. Where there is a gap between paragraphs (not just indented), we use

Contrary to the original scan, proofread paragraphs are not indented. However, there are exceptions in poems in which alternate lines are indented, and indented lists, where inserting a table is not warranted. In such cases there are two templates available:


 * Use template where there is a wide gap or indent in the text. A default  looks like this. A  looks like this.
 * Use     template where there is a short gap or indent in the text. A      looks like this.
 * Alternatively, in wiki notation, we can put a colon at the beginning of the line to indent it. This also hard returns the line so can be the neatest way to produce a list. See Indexes

On transclusion, when pages are joined together, they will run immediately from the bottom of one page to the top of the next. If a paragraph finishes at the bottom of the page, it is followed by the no-operation template nop as the last line, which forces a new paragraph at the start of the next page. is not needed after an image, a table or a template.

To indent every line of a paragraph except the first, use the Hanging indent template, hi. To indent a block of text left, use the colon before the block. For more control, the template left margin is available. Template dent combines the functionality of left margin, text-indent and hi.

See Template:Hanging_indent for instructions on hanging indents over pages.

Examples and Exemplars
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