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Indenting can improve the layout of a discussion considerably, making it much easier to read. A standard practice is to indent your reply one level deeper than the person you are replying to. The simplest way of indenting is to place a colon (:) at the beginning of a line. The more colons you put, the further indented the text will be.
For example:
- This is aligned all the way to the left.
- : This is indented slightly.
- :: This is indented more.
Using asterisks (*) in place of the colons (:) creates a bullet point for each line, as is commonly used for displaying lists.
For example:
- * First list item
- * Second list item
- ** Sub-list item under second
- * Third list item
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