i was wondering how to indent text. i looked around for a while but i couldn't find it so i was hoping you guys could help. thanks!

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now i'm not one to usually go to w3schools but i found:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_text_text-indent.asp

^ yup that's the proper way to do it ^

but... there is a "but" ;)

If you aren't using correct HTML document structure (as in.. not using the <p> tags properly) then that text-indent property would be useless to you, unless you put the <p> tags around each paragraph of text, like this:

<p>This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. </p>

<p>This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. </p>

That's how it should be. However, if you're not doing it that way, I have another recommendation :), put this in your CSS stuff....

.indent {
margin-left: 1.5em;
}

Then use

<span class="indent"></span>

In front of any text you want to indent ;)

However, my best suggestion is to go with what Rosey said

If you don't want every paragraph indented you could just use <p style="text-indent: 20px">Your text for the paragraph </p>
Close p is proper but not required.