[Tex/LaTex] How to indent all the paragraph in a single command

Question

I have a rather big document, my thesis actually, and I would like to indent all of my paragraphs. Of course, I could use the command \indent in every single paragraph, but that's extremely cumbersome.

So, how can I tell LaTeX, with a single command, to indent not only the first paragraph of a section, but all of them.

I'm using Texmaker, by the way.

Answer 1

You never need to use \indent at the start of a paragraph (it does nothing there at all, it is just in the language for symmetry with \noindent.

The indentation can be controlled for all paragraphs by setting \parindent

Note how the second two paragraphs using \indent match the first two.

\documentclass{article}

\setlength\textwidth{5cm}
%\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\begin{document}

One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.

One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.


\indent One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.

\indent One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.
One two three four five six seven eight.

\end{document}

uncomment the line to set \parindent to zero and you get