Maybe you could type, indent 2, indent 4, ectcetera, then type the colon before skipping the line? Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2014, at 8:41 PM, Richard Dinger <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A close relative to Sharon’s code format issue is how many spaces to use in > code examples. This may be controversial. > > Although four spaces is the most common indentation, I suggest two spaces per > indentation level will work better especially for email. Two and four spaces > are both common standards, but four spaces eats too much page territory. > > Richard