When you want to realize paragraph indents in latex, you can use the following commands:
\usepackage{changepage} % add this to the head section
\begin{adjustwidth}{x cm}{y cm} %the paragraph indention on the left is x cm and the
one on the right is y cm.
the paragraph you want to indent.....
\end{adjustwidth}
From http://www.chinatex.org/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=7423
\usepackage{changepage} % add this to the head section
\begin{adjustwidth}{x cm}{y cm} %the paragraph indention on the left is x cm and the
one on the right is y cm.
the paragraph you want to indent.....
\end{adjustwidth}
From http://www.chinatex.org/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=7423