Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify a description of
the setting in the first paragraph and to correct the number of credited authors on the paper.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, it was the new chapter - and - verse Bible that
first appeared
in the 16th century, with every numbered verse
set apart as a new
paragraph.
Précis People: I've read the
first paragraph and despite the fact that most opening
paragraphs are introductions that
set the tone, I think yours is a précis of everything you say
in the post and therefore I can ignore or skim the rest.
It says
in the
first paragraph what has been mentioned
in comments to you for the past few days: women have the right to birth at home, should be informed of the risks of
setting and birth attendant when OOH and the absolute risk is low for women who are low risk.
You can do this either by simply highlighting your break and remove the
first line indent
in your
paragraph format dialog box or you can
set a new style for it that includes no
first line indent.
Set first line indent
in your
paragraph formatting box.
It seized my attention from the
first sentence, «When I found out the girl I was going to marry was murdered...»
in a
paragraph that continued on,
setting a dark emotional tone of futility and despair as well as conveying an ambiguity about the relationship between the girl and the narrator.
Manually change the
paragraph style to 0 % instead of 8 % (or whatever you
set for the indented
paragraphs) to create any non-indented
paragraphs (or stand - alone, non-centered lines)-- like the
first paragraph of the chapter (which you would have
set as a
first paragraph style
in Word).
If you highlight the
first paragraph, click on the funny little icon in the bottom - right corner of the paragraph group on the home tab, change Special to First Line, and set By to 0.01 ″, it might not
first paragraph, click on the funny little icon
in the bottom - right corner of the
paragraph group on the home tab, change Special to
First Line, and set By to 0.01 ″, it might not
First Line, and
set By to 0.01 ″, it might not work.
In HTML+CSS, I can
set paragraph indent to turn automatically off for the
first paragraph after a heading or section break.
I accidently found out that by
setting the tabs I could get my
paragraph indent automatically once I tabbed
in the
first and second
paragraph.
A popular style
in print for
setting apart the
first paragraph from related
paragraphs is to indent, but this causes conversion problems into the eBook format.
Instead
set first line indent
in your
paragraph properties box (or page properties, depending on your word processing program).
If you would like the
first paragraph in each chapter to look differently, apply your changes at the
first paragraph and save your
settings as a new style, something like «firstpar».
I know these
sets are billed for ages 8 +, and that I am so far into the «+» that I've almost rounded back on the «8» again — don't think about it (I clearly didn't, an early warning sign of my inevitable decent into dementia)-- but I think I made my case
in the
first paragraph.
At its
first session,
in 2012, the ADP adopted the agenda, as
set out
in document FCCC / ADP / 2012 / 2,
paragraph 13, initiating work under two workstreams: workstream 1 on matters related to
paragraphs 2 to 6 of decision 1 / CP.17 (agenda item 3 (a)-RRB- and workstream 2 on matters related to
paragraphs 7 and 8 of the same decision (agenda item 3 (b)-RRB-.
The chapeau
in the
first paragraph sets the overall scene and lays out the general provisions of higher ambition, sustainable development and environmental integrity.
Whenever I get a new machine, the
first thing I do is install Word and connect my highly personalized Normal.dotx, complete with customized styles (Microsoft installations should include a style
set for legal writers, incorporating the excellent advice
in Typography for Lawyers), keyboard - shortcut - enabled macros (e.g., homemade wordiness macro [similar to WordRake], replace two spaces with one, sentence case, title case), and keyboard shortcut mapping (e.g., section symbol;
paragraph symbol; highlighting
in yellow, green, and red).
The
first paragraph sets out the facts of how the monkey took the selfie
in 2011.
The most convenient way of
setting out the background to this matter is to recite most of the terms of
paragraph 9 of the
first Witness Statement of Cyrus Benson, a partner
in the law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher which acted for the Claimants
in these enforcement proceedings (but did not act
in the arbitration)(«Benson 1»).
Imagine you
set up that tontine I described
in the
first paragraph.
Now you must build on the foundation
set up
in the
first paragraph by providing concrete examples of your skills and experience.
Speak directly to these key requirements
in your cover letter to show a hiring manager how your sales proficiency, customer service skills, or business sense makes you the right person for the job.Use the
first paragraph to
set a professional, confident tone that you will maintain throughout the cover letter.
I was asked to describe my couple therapy approach
first in two sentences, then as a
paragraph, and finally as a
set of principles.