# HTML question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-question/30186>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-question/30186 "2003-09-04T21:40:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rysolag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-question/30186/1 "2003-09-04T21:40:13Z")

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How do I insert a tab character…

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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:** [September 4, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-question/30186/2 "2003-09-04T22:16:31Z")

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i don’t believe you can  
(maybe with

```php
<p>

```

) or not…

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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:** [September 4, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-question/30186/3 "2003-09-04T22:59:35Z")

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No, the p tag is a new paragraph.

I don’t think you can do an indentation other than by using the & nbsp character a few times in a row (which is a blank space, though you have to join up the & and the nbsp for it to work).