I would like to indent some text in Latex to get the following effect:
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. A Single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. To get the above effect, I tried \;, \: etc - but that doesn't do anything. \hspace{} doesn't work at the beginning of a new line; Also I tried playing around with \hangindent etc, but that just indents the first statement. How can I do this?
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To indent whole passages, you could wrap it in a minipage and shift the minipage as far to the left as you like:
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. \hspace*{1cm}% \begin{minipage}{.8\textwidth}% A Single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. \end{minipage}% \end{document} 
Or you could use the quote environment, this will also shift all lines:
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. \begin{quote} A Single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. \end{quote}% \end{document}
When you want a new paragraph to begin, you have just to put an empty line:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \begin{document} This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. A Single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. \end{document} If you do not want to insert all those empty lines, use the \par command:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \begin{document} This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.\par A Single line statement. \par Another single line statement.\par Another single line statement.\par Another single line statement.\par Another single line statement.\par Another single line statement.\par \end{document} In case you need further information or you want to modify the basic setting, have a look here and/or here.
