is an option for Cell which specifies how far in printer's points to indent the first line of each paragraph of text.


ParagraphIndent
is an option for Cell which specifies how far in printer's points to indent the first line of each paragraph of text.
Details

- A new paragraph is taken to start at the beginning of a cell, and after every explicit newline character in your text.
- Negative settings for ParagraphIndent make the first line of each paragraph stick out to the left.
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History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), ParagraphIndent, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ParagraphIndent.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "ParagraphIndent." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ParagraphIndent.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). ParagraphIndent. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ParagraphIndent.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_paragraphindent, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ParagraphIndent}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ParagraphIndent.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_paragraphindent, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ParagraphIndent}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ParagraphIndent.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}