Ensuring Tabs/Indents translate to EPUB from Indesign

Hi there,
I am brand new to Indesign and have worked my way through several tutorials on converting an indesign document to an EPUB. Unfortunately when I have made the conversion, every paragraph loses the indentation.
When setting paragraph styles I had set an indent (or thought I did, but perhaps I did it incorrectly), for every paragraph after the first in each chapter.
I ensured that this style was set to the correct paragraphs.
Could someone please advise me on this, as either I did not set up the indent properly (so a quick guide on manually setting an indent which would represent a single 'tab' press in Word would be great), and any steps I have to take to preserve this when I export to EPUB would be great.
Please help
Many thanks

You set the indents and spacing in the Paragraph Styles panel under the Indents and Spacing tab. First Line Indent, Space Before/After. You will need two styles if the first par is not indented and the subsequent ones are.
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