Hi Taco and all, I found a temporary solution: Given a \start-\stopnarrower environment like =============================================== \definestartstop [quote] [before={\startnarrower[1*middle]\blank[big]}, after={\stopnarrower\blank[big]}] =============================================== Then the following will avoid the overfull box: =============================================== \let\normalinmargin\inmargin \def\inmargin#1{{\parindent0pt \normalinmargin{#1}}} \def\INMARGIN#1{\advance\leftskip by -2\parindent \inmargin{#1} \advance\rightskip by -2\parindent} =============================================== Of course this solution is not general, and depends on the actual setup of \start-\stopnarrower. The general problem with \inmargin appears to be that all parindents need to be reset. I could not find a correct way to incorporate my solution above into Taco's original definition. If any of you have a better idea, please let me know! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523