Document Classes ⇒ Indenting first line after heading in ccw_chithesis

[ummyasmin]

Greetings,

I'm currently setting up my thesis template using ccw_chithesis.cls so that I can use Chicago Manual of Style formatting for the paper (as well as the referencing style).

In the past (writing the odd short paper here and there) when I wanted to indent something, I simply included

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\usepackage{indentfirst}

in the preamble. I've included it in my thesis document however it is not working, I'm guessing because it's overridden by instructions in the .cls file.

As far as I can tell (I'm relatively new to LaTeX), the relevant part of the instruction in the .cls file is this:

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\renewcommand\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
                                {3.25ex \@plus1ex \@minus.2ex}%
                                {-1em}%
                                {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\renewcommand\subparagraph{\@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\parindent}%
                                {3.25ex \@plus1ex \@minus .2ex}%
                                {-1em}%
                                {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape}}

The original file can be found only on the Internet Archive at: http://web.archive.org/web/200711232225 ... rt/thesis/, so I don't think it's being maintained any more

Would anyone be able to help me decipher this so that I can set the first line to indent after a heading (ie. at the beginning of a new paragraph).

[ummyasmin]

Ahhh... discovered what the problem is.
I had also declared:

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\usepackage[document]{ragged2e}

which was conflicting with

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\usepackage{indentfirst}