Setting indents to zero changes word paragraph formatting

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In a Microsoft Word document, I am setting the left and right indents to zero. The first line indent is set to twenty-five. Sometimes, part of the second line moves up to the first line, causing two words to jam together. I am using C# in Visual Studio on Windows 10.

            para.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 0;
            para.ParagraphFormat.RightIndent = 0;
            para.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent =25;
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@granite61

Could you please ZIP and attach your input, problematic output and expected output documents here for testing? We will investigate the issue and provide you more information on it.

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Here is the zip file

zero indent problem.zip (32.5 KB)

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@granite61

You can use following code example to set the paragraph indentation for two paragraphs of document to generate the expected output.

Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "input.docx");
Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph)doc.GetChild(NodeType.Paragraph, 22, true);
Console.WriteLine(paragraph.GetText());
paragraph.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 25;
paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 0;
paragraph.ParagraphFormat.RightIndent = 5;
paragraph = (Paragraph)doc.GetChild(NodeType.Paragraph, 23, true);
                
paragraph.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 25;
paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 0;
paragraph.ParagraphFormat.RightIndent = 5;

doc.Save(MyDir + "21.9.docx");
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That was an excerpt from a 300 page manuscript.

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Is the important thing putting the first line Indent first?

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@granite61

No, it is not necessary.

You can use the same approach to set the desired properties of ParagraphFormat.

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Thank you for all your help