<div dir="ltr"><div>It is probably easier to use \leftskip here, also you should not have \noindent before \item (\item starts with \par so \noindent would not affect the indentation of the item, just force a spurious empty paragarph)</div><div><br></div><div>\hsize = 6.5in<br>\vsize = 9in<br><br>\baselineskip=1.5\baselineskip<br><br>\vskip 20pt<br>\parskip=10pt <br>\parindent=0pt<br>\leftskip=30pt<br>\item{{\bf Topic:}} {This is the name of a topic.}<br><br>\item{{\bf Response:}}<br>{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque<br>blandit dapibus nunc, ac cursus orci gravida id. Morbi accumsan orci<br>placerat rhoncus<br><br>Why is this paragraph in the left region? Nullam posuere ligula a<br>ligula maximus, sit amet suscipit magna bibendum. Integer consequat<br>feugiat ex, et laoreet nisi scelerisque id. Suspendisse sed velit<br>ut eros luctus feugiat. Fusce turpis risus, porta vitae faucibus a,<br>varius non mauris. Aliquam euismod quam vitae magna ornare<br>fermentum. Nullam cursus elit tortor, vitae congue velit feugiat<br>sed.<br><br>Why is this paragraph in the left region? Donec nec ullamcorper<br>ligula. Nunc eu enim lacus. Vestibulum luctus ex mi, congue<br>vestibulum velit congue in. Praesent pretium ante felis, sit amet<br>rhoncus felis pretium non. Donec tempus in ex id interdum. Aliquam<br>purus diam, aliquet sed elit ac, finibus feugiat nibh. Praesent<br>dignissim pellentesque<br><br>fringilla. Sed tristique sollicitudin nisl auctor auctor. Morbi<br>auctor euismod pellentesque. Morbi nec ex felis. Mauris sagittis<br>erat eu ultricies pellentesque. Nam sagittis egestas posuere. Proin<br>consequat ullamcorper convallis. Ut convallis elementum massa ac<br>facilisis. Vestibulum faucibus mi id libero lacinia pulvinar.}<br><br>\vskip 20pt<br>\item{{\bf Topic:}}<br>{This is another topic.}<br><br>\item{{\bf Response:}}<br>{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque<br>blandit dapibus nunc, ac cursus orci gravida id. Morbi accumsan orci<br>placerat rhoncus<br><br>Why is this paragraph in the left region? Nullam posuere ligula a<br>ligula maximus, sit amet suscipit magna bibendum. Integer consequat<br>feugiat ex, et laoreet nisi scelerisque id. Suspendisse sed velit<br>ut eros luctus feugiat. Fusce turpis risus, porta vitae faucibus a,<br>varius non mauris. Aliquam euismod quam vitae magna ornare<br>fermentum. Nullam cursus elit tortor, vitae congue velit feugiat<br>sed.<br><br>Donec nec ullamcorper ligula. Nunc eu enim lacus. Vestibulum luctus<br>ex mi, congue vestibulum velit congue in. Praesent pretium ante<br>felis, sit amet rhoncus felis pretium non. Donec tempus in ex id<br>interdum. Aliquam purus diam, aliquet sed elit ac, finibus feugiat<br>nibh. Praesent dignissim pellentesque}<br><br>\vfill\eject\par\vfill<br>\supereject<br>\end<br><br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 05:09, Suresh Govindachar via texhax <<a href="mailto:texhax@tug.org">texhax@tug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">% Hello,<br>
%<br>
% Below are two plain TeX<br>
% \item{{\bf Response:}}{multiple paragraphs here}<br>
%<br>
% Why do the second and third para of the first item and<br>
% the second para of the second item butt into the left margin?<br>
% And how to prevent this?<br>
%<br>
% Thanks.<br>
<br>
<br>
\hsize = 6.5in<br>
\vsize = 9in<br>
<br>
\baselineskip=1.5\baselineskip<br>
<br>
\vskip 20pt<br>
\parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent<br>
\item{{\bf Topic:}} {This is the name of a topic.}<br>
<br>
\parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent<br>
\item{{\bf Response:}}<br>
{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque<br>
blandit dapibus nunc, ac cursus orci gravida id. Morbi accumsan orci<br>
placerat rhoncus<br>
<br>
Why is this paragraph in the left region? Nullam posuere ligula a<br>
ligula maximus, sit amet suscipit magna bibendum. Integer consequat<br>
feugiat ex, et laoreet nisi scelerisque id. Suspendisse sed velit<br>
ut eros luctus feugiat. Fusce turpis risus, porta vitae faucibus a,<br>
varius non mauris. Aliquam euismod quam vitae magna ornare<br>
fermentum. Nullam cursus elit tortor, vitae congue velit feugiat<br>
sed.<br>
<br>
Why is this paragraph in the left region? Donec nec ullamcorper<br>
ligula. Nunc eu enim lacus. Vestibulum luctus ex mi, congue<br>
vestibulum velit congue in. Praesent pretium ante felis, sit amet<br>
rhoncus felis pretium non. Donec tempus in ex id interdum. Aliquam<br>
purus diam, aliquet sed elit ac, finibus feugiat nibh. Praesent<br>
dignissim pellentesque<br>
<br>
fringilla. Sed tristique sollicitudin nisl auctor auctor. Morbi<br>
auctor euismod pellentesque. Morbi nec ex felis. Mauris sagittis<br>
erat eu ultricies pellentesque. Nam sagittis egestas posuere. Proin<br>
consequat ullamcorper convallis. Ut convallis elementum massa ac<br>
facilisis. Vestibulum faucibus mi id libero lacinia pulvinar.}<br>
<br>
\vskip 20pt<br>
\parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent<br>
\item{{\bf Topic:}}<br>
{This is another topic.}<br>
<br>
\parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent<br>
\item{{\bf Response:}}<br>
{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque<br>
blandit dapibus nunc, ac cursus orci gravida id. Morbi accumsan orci<br>
placerat rhoncus<br>
<br>
Why is this paragraph in the left region? Nullam posuere ligula a<br>
ligula maximus, sit amet suscipit magna bibendum. Integer consequat<br>
feugiat ex, et laoreet nisi scelerisque id. Suspendisse sed velit<br>
ut eros luctus feugiat. Fusce turpis risus, porta vitae faucibus a,<br>
varius non mauris. Aliquam euismod quam vitae magna ornare<br>
fermentum. Nullam cursus elit tortor, vitae congue velit feugiat<br>
sed.<br>
<br>
Donec nec ullamcorper ligula. Nunc eu enim lacus. Vestibulum luctus<br>
ex mi, congue vestibulum velit congue in. Praesent pretium ante<br>
felis, sit amet rhoncus felis pretium non. Donec tempus in ex id<br>
interdum. Aliquam purus diam, aliquet sed elit ac, finibus feugiat<br>
nibh. Praesent dignissim pellentesque}<br>
<br>
\vfill\eject\par\vfill<br>
\supereject<br>
\end<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>