couple latex questions: tabbing, vspace, horizontal lines

hedpe · 08-30-2006, 10:37 PM

Hey guys,

I have a couple questions, feel free to tackle any/all of them

First off, I am using the "article" document type

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# Problem 1
I have a special paragraph that I do not want indented, as in:

Code:

    Here is the indented style of
my paragraph.

This is what I want:

Code:

Here is the non-indented style
of my paragraph.

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# Problem 2
I need to indent a list of things, heres what I want:

Code:

Examples:
    req:	ADDUSER bob
    resp:	OK
    req:	ADDUSER alice
    resp:	OK

Here is my code for the section:

Code:

\textbf{Examples:}\\
\emph{req:}   ADDUSER bob\\
\emph{resp:}  OK\\
\emph{req:}   ADDUSER alice\\
\emph{resp:}  OK\\

When I try something like this, nothing changes:

Code:

\hspace{2pt} \emph{req:}   ADDUSER bob\\

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# Problem 3
I want to add a horizontal line, 1pt thick, from the left margin to the right margin.
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I'd greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks!
George

Flesym · 08-31-2006, 07:09 AM

Here is an example that should solve these problems:

Code:

\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt, a4paper]{article}

\begin{document}
The Default: New Paragraph with indention.\\

\noindent Use "$\backslash$noindent" for paragraphs with no indention\\

\parindent 0pt
Or set "$\backslash$parindent 0pt" to set the default indention to 0pt...\\

...and every new paragraph will no longer be indented.
\\ 
\\
Indent a "list of things" using the obvious "$\backslash$indent" command:\\
Examples:\\
\parindent 20pt
\indent
\begin{tabular}{ll}
  req: & ADDUSER bob\\
  resp: & OK \\
  req: & ADDUSER alice\\
  resp: & OK\\
\end{tabular}
\\
\\
And last but not least your 1pt line:\\
\rule{\textwidth}{1pt}

\end{document}