On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Stefano Franchi wrote:
As it is said somewhere in the tutorial, it is standard typesetting practice not to indent the first line of a paragraph immediately following a section heading. All paragraphs following regular paragraphs should be indented. This is good typesetting practice, and most classes implement this behavior. It is true, though, that it does conflict with what most students in American high schools are taught--namely, to indent each and every paragraph. Pick up a book published by good publishing houses to find out who is right.
Stefano,
You are, of course, absolutely correct. However, for those who tremble at the sight of a non-indented first paragraph after a section heading, followed by indented paragraphs, there's a option. In the layout dialog box (I believe that's where it is) the writer can elect to separate paragraphs with an extra line.
In this case all paragraphs are fully justified with no indentation and they look like the block style of business letters.
Rich
-- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com>
