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<span id="g_t_0040indent_003a-Forcing-Indentation"></span><h3 class="section">8.13 <code>@indent</code>: Forcing Indentation</h3>
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<p>To complement the <code>@noindent</code> command (see the previous
section), Texinfo provides the <code>@indent</code> command to force a
paragraph to be indented. For instance, this paragraph (the first in
this section) is indented using an <code>@indent</code> command.
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<p>And indeed, the first paragraph of a section is the most likely place
to use <code>@indent</code>, to override the normal behavior of no
indentation there (see <a href="_0040paragraphindent.html"><code>@paragraphindent</code></a>). It can either be
followed by text or be on a line by itself.
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<p>As a special case, when <code>@indent</code> is used in an environment
where text is not filled, it produces a paragraph indentation space in
the TeX output. (These environments are where a line of input
produces a line of output, such as <code>@example</code> and
<code>@display</code>; for a summary of all environments, see <a href="Block-Enclosing-Commands.html">Block Enclosing Commands</a>.)
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<p>Do not put braces after an <code>@indent</code> command; they are not used,
since <code>@indent</code> is a command used outside of paragraphs
(see <a href="Command-Syntax.html">Command Syntax</a>).
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