First Line Indent

JimT. · Post by **JimT.** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:22 pm

I'm trying to change the first line indent on a manuscript from .5" to .25", but am having no luck. The indent indicator on the ruler changes, but the indents in the document do not change. I have the text highlighted, and the highlighting reflects the change, but not the text.

I tried Style also, but without success. This should be simple, but I'm clearly doing something wrong.

Post by **admin** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:32 pm

Do you have tabs in your paragraph? Could you please send your document to support@AtlantisWordProcessor.com, or attach it to your forum reply?

JimT. · Post by **JimT.** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:01 pm

There are .5" tabs in parts of the document and no tabs in other parts (I manually indent.)

I solved the problem as far as this document is concerned. On an impulse I opened it in Word, set the first line indent to .25" and it worked. But when I open the document in Atlantis, I start having problems.

I'll be glad to send the unmodified (.5" indent) document to Support. I am using Version 1.6.1.7.

Post by **admin** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:54 am

Thanks for the file.

I can change the indents in your document without a problem. But there are 2,700+ paragraphs in your document. Which of them are you trying to reformat?

Note that the chapters nineteen through forty-seven of your document have a decimal tab stop 0.01" on the ruler:

This tab stop makes it difficult to capture the left indent box on the ruler:

By the way, we suggest you upgrade to the latest version of Atlantis Word Processor. It includes a number of bug fixes and improvements in comparing to 1.6.1.7. Just choose the "Help | Check for Updates..." menu command of your Atlantis. Upgrading is free.

JimT. · Post by **JimT.** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:26 pm

Originally, I wanted to change the entire document from 0.5" first line indent to 0.25" to better simulate a published novel (for feedback reads). Part of the document complied, part remained at 0.5", and part went crazy. I assume this was because there was a tab at 3.51" in places, which was for some other document. Clearing the tabs didn't help.

I now have a good copy, and will upgrade to the later version of Atlantis and will see how things go. I'll also make sure there aren't any stray tabs around when I start a new document.

Thanks for addressing my problem.