Hello!
I need help compiling my latest Scrivener 3 project. Everything looks wonderful, EXCEPT I cannot remove the indents on the first lines of my EPUB file! I have all my documents assigned appropriate section types. When I go to the edit feature of each section layout, the preview shows an indent on the first line of each. When I go deeper into the “Text Layout” pane, I have the boxes checked to remove first line indents “from all paragraphs following other elements.” Even when I save this choice, the indents are still present on the previewer and in the compiled file. I’ve tried unticking the “from all paragraphs following other elements” box and manually setting the others, but to no avail.
I am at my wits’ end. How can I remove the first line indents?
Hi RLKlaus. Welcome to the forum. 
That’ll give you a chapter/document/section’s first paragraph that is without an ident. But only the first paragraph.
If I understand correctly and what you want is no indent at all, from your layouts formatting, fix this instead :
Yes, I want the first paragraph to be indent free–but with the box checked, it still has an indent. Changing the ruler does make all of the paragraphs without indents, which I don’t want (it’s tough to read that way, ha ha).
Is there another way to make the first line not indented?
To take a guess, did you by any chance use carriage returns to separate your body text from the chapter’s title, or something the like ?
Like to insert blank space at the top of your document…
Or is your title directly in the document ?
Both cases by which it wouldn’t work.
Case one : your first paragraph is a blank line.
Case two: your first paragraph is your title.
No, I have the titles of each story written on the folders, with only the body of the story in a document in the folder. (I’m compiling a short story anthology, and I modified the “Novel with Parts” layout.) Let me grab a screenshot. Thank you so much for helping me, I really appreciate it!!!
Sorry I’m having some trouble sharing the screenshot, one moment 
Those settings don’t seem to be available for Epub.
Make sure you are editing your compile format for the right output format :
[EDIT] Nevermind, my bad, found it elsewhere.
Takes a few days after joining the forum for it to work.
Did you try the other possibilities ?
Oh! That’s why I’m having trouble then. I have the binder set up like this:
Manuscript
Author’s Name (Part Heading)
Story Title (Chapter Heading)
Author’s Name (Subheading + Scene) labeling a text document, text document only contains story body
I’ve tried all of those. Is the problem because I have the author’s name as a subheading on the document? It doesn’t appear inside the document at all; the documents begin with the first paragraph of each story.
Hard to tell without seeing it.
Can you export your compile format and upload it here ? (It contains no sensible material.) I’d have a look at it.
Here is possibly your mistake :
Your chapter’s header layouts are both like this.
Use space after instead :
Remove that unwanted carriage return from all your layouts for which it is in the title options’ title suffix. Use space after instead.
You need to fix all of those section layouts.
Ok I’m just testing that out. In the title suffix, should I delete the indent sign and hit the space bar? (Which inserts a period?)
Yes. That and nothing else. Just delete it. (Don’t add a space or nothing.)
→ That’s a Carriage return btw.
Ah! I’ll do that! I put a space and that must have messed it up.
I had no idea. What makes it a carriage return, and how can I avoid them in the future? I’m still very new to all this
Just don’t insert any – that simple.
I haven’t repaired the error yet, I’m 100% sure it’s me Just another moment
