# Can i lose indent in loaded text?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-lose-indent-in-loaded-text/3543>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [October 27, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-lose-indent-in-loaded-text/3543 "2001-10-27T17:54:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-lose-indent-in-loaded-text/3543/1 "2001-10-27T17:54:12Z")

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I managed to load an external text file into a text variable box. Thanks joe (The Eyezberg).

The problem i’m having now is that when the text appears in the text variable box the very first word of the first line is indented slightly - I know i could format it using HTML but is there an easier solution to this?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-lose-indent-in-loaded-text/3543/2 "2001-10-28T00:52:05Z")

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chances are that’s a space in your text file. "variable = " vs “variable=”.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-lose-indent-in-loaded-text/3543/3 "2001-10-28T15:45:00Z")

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No there are no spaces yet it still persists in being indented.  
Any other suggestion?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-lose-indent-in-loaded-text/3543/4 "2001-10-28T22:43:40Z")

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there is an indent setting in the paragraph panel, perhaps there’s something set there?