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Typographically, indentation is a paragraph separator, which means that it is unnecessary when a new section begins. This indentation is controlled with the <code>@firstparagraphindent</code> command: </p> <div class="example"> <pre class="example">@firstparagraphindent <var>word</var> </pre></div> <p>The first paragraph after a heading is indented according to the value of <var>word</var>: </p> <dl compact="compact"> <dt><span><code>none</code></span></dt> <dd><p>Prevents the first paragraph from being indented (default). This option is ignored by <code>makeinfo</code> if <code>@paragraphindent asis</code> is in effect. </p> </dd> <dt><span><code>insert</code></span></dt> <dd><p>Include normal paragraph indentation. This respects the paragraph indentation set by a <code>@paragraphindent</code> command (see <a href="_0040paragraphindent.html"><code>@paragraphindent</code>: Controlling Paragraph Indentation</a>). </p></dd> </dl> <p><code>@firstparagraphindent</code> is ignored for HTML and DocBook output. </p> <p>It is best to write the <code>@firstparagraphindent</code> command before the end-of-header line at the beginning of a Texinfo file, so the region formatting commands indent paragraphs as specified. See <a href="Start-of-Header.html">Start of Header</a>. </p> </div> </body> </html>