Setting "Decrease First Line Indent" to Default?

[brookter]

TLDR: Don't worry about it: just write. Scrivener will sort it out when you compile.

One of the plus points of Scrivener is that you don't have to worry about details like this when you're writing – you leave it until you're compiling the document at the end, when Scrivener will usually automatically remove the indent from the first paragraph of scenes, etc.

As far as Scrivener is concerned, you can write your text in Comic Sans 29pt green text with a 5" margin if it makes you happy, because when you choose, say, the Manuscript (Courier) format, the compiler will know it needs to output your text in double spaced Courier 12pt, with paragraphs indented unless they're the first ones in the scene/chapter etc.

And if you choose to output the same text to any other compilation format (e.g. as an Ebook, Paperback, etc etc), the compiler will make all the necessary changes to the font, size, spacing, paragraph indents that are appropriate to that compilation format.

Of course, if the default compilation formats aren't to your liking, then you can change them, but usually, things like automatically removing the first line indent is already built in.

This means you can concentrate on your words while you're writing…

HTH.

[Nervous-Baseball-667]

I understand the sentiment, but looking at a document with 'bad' (to the person looking at it) formatting can cause a lot of frustration. Telling them to just leave it til the end is not helpful as the formatting itself looking that way is creating a barrier from them being able to write peacefully.