Align marginpar with beginning of paragraph

Question

Is there a way to align a marginpar with the beginning of a paragraph, without cluttering the text of the paragraph?

If I do the following, the marginpar lines up with the last line of the first paragraph.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur scelerisque purus vitae nisl lacinia at volutpat sapien bibendum. Sed mollis ultricies arcu non posuere.
\par
\marginpar{Praesent nulla arcu.}Proin neque ante, placerat in laoreet quis, egestas sit amet leo. Mauris vestibulum cursus elit et vulputate. Cras congue nulla vitae tortor mattis porttitor.
\end{document}

Moving the marginpar after the first word of the second paragraph produces the desired effect, but clutters the source document (especially with longer marginpars). Is there a way to achieve both?

\hspace{0pt}\marginpar{...} at the front of the paragraph should do the job — daleif, Apr 19 '11 at 10:07
Indeed. Thank you. If you answer again (not in comment) I can assign it "correct answer". In the meanwhile I answer it myself to save other people time. — B3ret, Apr 19 '11 at 10:18
Ok, seems I can not answer my question within 24 hours and I can not close the question either... — B3ret, Apr 19 '11 at 10:20
the delay is to get multiple opinions. In some cases the best answer is not always the first answer that works. — Matthew Leingang, Apr 19 '11 at 11:56

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 11 '23 at 12:22

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\leavevmode\marginpar{...} at the front of the paragraph should do the job¹.

Minimal example

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\begin{document}
\leavevmode\marginpar{Aligned marginline}
\kant[1]
\end{document}

1: See Function and usage of \leavevmode for more information about \leavevmode.

edited Jan 11 '23 at 12:22

Flow

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answered Apr 19 '11 at 14:53

daleif

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Why not \leavevmode instead of `\hspace{0pt}? – egreg May 23 '11 at 16:03
@egreg, I got the advise from someone else. Is there any particular difference? – daleif Oct 30 '14 at 17:49
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\leavevmode leaves no trace of itself if already inside a paragraph, while \hspace{0pt} does. – egreg Oct 30 '14 at 17:55
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It might also be useful after \marginpar to append \ignorespaces to clear justified space between words. – user619271 Jul 29 '18 at 19:23

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