George, I got the same result, also using 10.6 SR4, but I don't understand why. I didn't think the poetry code would negate the indenting of the first line of the paragraph. Am I missing something here? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: George Bell To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 09:24 Subject: [duxuser] Re: Hanging Indents Steve, Digging deeper, I think this is an issue a Code "placement". If the ptys# code appears AFTER the opening <para.> Style, the first line of the paragraph will NOT be indented. Whether placed before or after, the # will leave that number of spaces before the second and subsequent lines relative to the left margin of the document. (I hasten to add that my test was with 10.6 (SR4)) George.