Set noindent for entire file

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How to disable automatic indentation on new paragraphs?

Is there a way to set noindent for all paragraphs gloablly in latex, so that I do not have to manually do \noindent before each paragraph?

I believe this question might help you: How to disable automatic indentation on new paragraphs? — Paulo Cereda, Sep 07 '11 at 19:57
@yayu: nice to see that the answer helped and you marked it as accepted. I'll close this question then, as it's a duplicate. — Stefan Kottwitz, Sep 07 '11 at 20:13

score 249 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '11 at 19:56

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Set \parindent to 0pt in the preamble:

\setlength\parindent{0pt}

answered Sep 07 '11 at 19:56

Gonzalo Medina

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Should it not be \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}? Both seem to be LaTeX notations but I thought the first pair of parentheses is necessary. – Harold Cavendish Sep 07 '11 at 20:02
@Harrold Cavendish: the braces are not really needed for the first argument. – Gonzalo Medina Sep 07 '11 at 20:04
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@Harrold: you can do both - it's a matter of taste. – topskip Sep 07 '11 at 20:04
Neat, thank you. I thought it would be like
in comparison to
in HTML. – Harold Cavendish Sep 07 '11 at 20:08
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@Harrold: I think these braces are comparable to those discussed at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1914/why-do-people-use-unnecessary-braces – doncherry Sep 07 '11 at 20:11
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See also: Why do people use unnecessary braces? – Stefan Kottwitz Sep 07 '11 at 20:12
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This does not work in the tufte-* classes: do you know a workaround? – Antonio Sesto Dec 10 '15 at 17:37

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '11 at 19:58

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Set \parindent to 0pt by typing

\setlength\parindent{0pt}

in the preamble (before \begin{document})

answered Sep 07 '11 at 19:58

topskip

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