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Built-in Mathematica Symbol

LineIndent

LineIndent
is an option for Style and Cell which specifies how many ems of indentation to add at the beginnings of lines for each level of nesting in an expression.

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The typical default setting is LineIndent->1.

The setting for LineIndent determines the amount of indentation that will be inserted after any explicit newline is entered when AutoIndent->True.

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Specify the size of indentation:

No indentation:

Scope (1)

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LineIndentMaxFraction PageWidth

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