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[Kyle Nitzsche <kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

It appears that first lines of paragraphs are indented unless they are the first 
line of a chapter or section.

This causes odd layout sometimes, for example when you start a section with two 
or more paragraphs all of which are short enough to be only on one line.
 * The first line is *not* indented
 * The second *is* indented
 * The third *is* indented

See attached image. The content is three one line paragraphs. Result: first is 
not indented. Rest Are.

This is confusing I think, because the reader can't easily understand what is 
and is not a new paragraph.

One solution may be to never indent the first line of a paragraph. My 
(subjective) design opinion is that this is a cleaner and more modern visual 
look, and it avoids this kind of issue.

Ryan, thoughts?

Cheers,
Kyle

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