how can I indent a paragraph of plain text in emacs org-mode?

Question

How can I indent a paragraph of plain text in emacs org-mode? The paragraph doesn't have any bullets or stars and is free standing.

Answer 1

Select the paragraph and use C-x C-i (i.e. indent-rigidly) probably with a numeric prefix argument to say how many columns to indent (or use C-x C-i C-x z z z z ... until it's where you want it to be.

Answer 2

There may exist more elegant solutions, but an #+begin/end_example block should work (it will be translated as PRE in HTML).