Richie.S

I've tried inserting indents in a piece that has already been submitted, but the online editor won't allow tabs (I'm using firefox as my browser) and it ignores extra spaces I insert to represent tabs. What can I do to indent the first line and not the entire sentence?

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lordofhats

Forums do not recognize the tab command. As such rather than using indents, for online forums you just double space between paragraphs.

Paragraph [Enter]
[Enter]
Paragrapgh [Enter]
[Enter]

You get the point. Look at some of the stories here on the foruma dn see how their formatted if you need an actual example.

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Richie.S

I've got the idea about paragraphs, but what I'm after is how to indent the first line of a paragraph without indenting the whole paragraph. I've used multiple spaces which seem to get removed when I update a piece and as you've pointed out tabs don't work!! What's the other option?

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lordofhats

None that I have ever seen or heard of.

Why bother with it? The block paragraph format is used for everything on a forum and there really is no need for indentation at the beginning of paragraphs while using it.

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Richie.S

The reason I'm asking is because it has been requested of a story I have submitted; and I understand what I'm being told because without indents what is presented is a wall of words.
Just have a look at the first post of "New - Displaced, part 1." I submitted in the Writers Workshop forum, I think you'll see the problem.

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lordofhats

http://www.writingforums.com/writers...ml#post1030157

I gave an example at the bottom of the thread.

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Richie.S

Many thanks. This is how I'll continue.
Great top tip mister.

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