Indentation Changes When Compiling

[curlycue109]

Hi all,

Whenever I compile my manuscript to a Word file, the resulting file has inconsistent indentation. Some lines are indented only once, while others are indented twice. The variability is not even consistent (some dialogue is double-indented, some isn’t; some new paragraphs are double-indented, some aren’t). In the Scrivener file, all the indents are equal, and I’m at a loss how to resolve this. Any ideas?

[drah27]

I have this problem too! I have to fix all of my indentations in my entire manuscript after exporting – super inefficient. Can anyone help us???

[Vincent_Vincent]

I wish not to have any indent but can't figure out how to do that

Document’s section type: [image] Compile panel / compile format. [image] Double-click the compile format in the list, you get: [image] [image] [image] That other compile format had most likely a section layout already formatted without an indent. Simple as that.

Although in this post I explain to the user how to get rid of the indent, you’ll find your answer in there as to how to set it the way you want it to be.

[xiamenese]

The paragraphs that have the double indent is because as well as the ruler indent there is an unwanted tab character there.

Either, turn on “Invisibles” (View → Text Editing → Show Invisibles) and you’ll see them and can delete them; or use Edit → Text Tidying → Strip Leading Tabs.

Mark