Problem with indentation when using tabular{} function

Question

I'm trying to edit a block of text to look like this:

But then I get the following output,

It gets a weird indentation. I tried to use command \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} at the beginning of the document and changing justification position from rl for another options like cc or ll, but got the same output. Also tried to use the \large command outside the brackets insted of outside, but still no difference. :/

Is there anything else I can do? And why does this happens?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Here is the an example code with the issue:

\documentclass{article}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage[margin=1.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\textbf{\large Web access:}\href{}{}\\[\baselineskip]
\begin{tabular}{rl} 
    \textbf{\large Key Words:}  &amp; Nonlinear Dynamics \\
                        &amp; Isogeometric Analysis\\
                        &amp; Porosity-dependent properties\\
                        &amp; Functionally graded materials\\
                        &amp; Non-classical continuum elasticity\\
\end{tabular}\\[\baselineskip]

\textbf{\large General subject:}\\[\baselineskip]


\end{document}

Try placing a \noindent before \begin{tabular} to avoid the paragraph indent. — Steven B. Segletes, Jun 14 '21 at 14:34

David Carlisle · Answer 1 · 2021-06-14T13:29:44.550

please always post code as text not an image. Your image presumably does not match your code (no \ before textbf for example, which makes it even harder to debug.)

Your tabular has a paragraph indent to its left as it starts a paragraph, that may be zero if you have set \parindent to 0pt. It also has \tabcolsep spacing to the left of the first column, which you can remove from either end of the table with with {@{}rl@{}

Unrelated but you must get a warning about underful hbox from the misplaced \\ after the tabular (never end a paragraph with \\ ) and probably you should be using structural markup like \section*{General Subject} rather than low level font commands

Ok, no probem. Thanks for the tips. – Joao Silva Jun 15 '21 at 14:15 — Joao Silva, Jun 15 '21 at 14:15

Steven B. Segletes · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-15T14:02:01.830

The problem is that the "Key Words" are part of the tabular construction itself, and are thus subject to the \tabcolsep margin inside the tabular. That is overridden manually with a {@{}rl} column specification, where the @{} means "don't do anything before this column".

This, of course, is what David said, without providing an example.

\documentclass{article}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage[margin=1.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\textbf{\large Web access:}\href{}{}\\[\baselineskip]
\begin{tabular}{@{}rl} 
    \textbf{\large Key Words:}  &amp; Nonlinear Dynamics \\
                        &amp; Isogeometric Analysis\\
                        &amp; Porosity-dependent properties\\
                        &amp; Functionally graded materials\\
                        &amp; Non-classical continuum elasticity\\
\end{tabular}\\[\baselineskip]

%
    \textbf{\large General subject:}\[\baselineskip]
%
\end{document}

Ok, thank you very much. Something apparently so simple can sometimes be a nightmare when someone is new at it... thats my case here :/ — Joao Silva, Jun 15 '21 at 14:14
@JoaoSilva I figured you needed to see an example. It is why posting a small example with each question is so important. — Steven B. Segletes, Jun 15 '21 at 14:18

Problem with indentation when using tabular{} function

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