Text Formatting ⇒ Change 1st paragraph indent for certain section types

[tropicofvector]

Hi everybody,

Using TexLive & Texniccenter, I've \renewcommand'ed \paragraph{} and \subparagraph{} as follows.

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\makeatletter
\renewcommand\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
  {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\indent}}
\renewcommand\subparagraph{\@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}%
  {-3.25ex\@plus -5ex \@minus -.2ex}%
  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\indent\it}}
\makeatother

That works fine, \paragraphs will start on a new line after the {} heading, so will \subparagraphs, both do indent fine, the latter is in italics.

However, now I want the "first line" after the "heading" to be indented as well. How would I include that in the \renewcommand? I've tried to simply add indent, but that won't work.

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot in advance!

[meho_r]

Hi,

1. Please read Board rules

2. Pay attention to section 2.2.: how to build an example.

3. I will assume that under "after the heading" you mean the first line under \paragraph and/or \subparagraph commands. I would suggest using titlesec package for tuning sectioning units instead of "plain" code (see the example below). However, in this case, you may also replace negative numbers with positive in your code to achieve the same result (for testing, just uncomment your code and comment out 4 titlesec related lines above it).

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\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{lipsum}% just for generating some dummy text
\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\paragraph}{\bfseries}{}{}{}
\titlespacing{\paragraph}{\parindent}{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}

\titleformat{\subparagraph}{\itshape}{}{6pt}{}
\titlespacing{\subparagraph}{\parindent}{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}

%\makeatletter
%\renewcommand\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
%  {3.25ex\@plus 1ex \@minus .2ex}%
%  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
%  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\indent}}
%\renewcommand\subparagraph{\@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}%
%  {3.25ex\@plus 1ex \@minus .2ex}% plus 5ex or .5ex??? I put 1ex
%  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
%  {\indent\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\it}}
%\makeatother

\begin{document}

\paragraph{A paragraph} \lipsum[1]

\subparagraph{A subparagraph} \lipsum[1]

\end{document}

[tropicofvector]

Thanks! Works like a spell.

Unfortunately, I lose my section numbering (I think you'd need my preamble in order to see what my settings are? Here it is.)

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\documentclass[12pt,titlepage,draft]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[round,semicolon,authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{trees}
\usepackage{titlesec}

%\makeatletter
%\renewcommand\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
%  {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
%  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
%  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\indent}}
%\renewcommand\subparagraph{\@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}%
%  {-3.25ex\@plus -5ex \@minus -.2ex}%
%  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
%  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\indent\it}}
%\makeatother

\titleformat{\paragraph}{\bfseries}{}{}{}
\titlespacing{\paragraph}{\parindent}{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}

\titleformat{\subparagraph}{\itshape}{}{6pt}{}
\titlespacing{\subparagraph}{\parindent}{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}

\makeindex
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}

\begin{document}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{6}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{6}

\paragraph{Questionnaire design for S\textsubscript1 and S\textsubscript2}
***FILLER***
\subparagraph{The S\textsubscript1 questionnaire}
***FILLER***

\end{document}

With my \renewcommand{} fix, the numbered paragraphs were still in both the text and the toc (1.1.1.1. for paragraph and 1.1.1.1.1. for subparagraph).

I've had a look at the titlesec documentation but couldn't find a solution at all.

Any suggestions?

May thanks!

[tropicofvector]

Sorry, haven't quite understood your answer correctly. Now have, changed the respective negatives to positives. And it works perfectly.

Thanks!

[meho_r]

Titlesec manual, section 3 explains the details. Take a look at the following example:

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\documentclass{article}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}

\usepackage{lipsum}% just for generating some dummy text
\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\paragraph}{\bfseries}{\theparagraph}{0.5em}{}% added the counter and the spacing between the number and the title
\titlespacing{\paragraph}{\parindent}{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}

\titleformat{\subparagraph}{\itshape}{\thesubparagraph}{0.5em}{}% added the counter and the spacing between the number and the title
\titlespacing{\subparagraph}{\parindent}{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}

%\makeatletter
%\renewcommand\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
%  {3.25ex\@plus 1ex \@minus .2ex}%
%  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
%  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\indent}}
%\renewcommand\subparagraph{\@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}%
%  {3.25ex\@plus 1ex \@minus .2ex}% plus 5ex or .5ex??? I put 1ex
%  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
%  {\indent\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\it}}
%\makeatother

\begin{document}

\section{A section}

\paragraph{A paragraph} \lipsum[1]

\subparagraph{A subparagraph} \lipsum[1]

\tableofcontents

\end{document}

[localghost]

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Best regards
Thorsten