Full justification creates uneven first-line indents

Hello...fairly new to InDesign, can't overcome one problem. When I fully justify my text (horizontally), my first-line indentations become uneven, no matter how I set them in the Paragraph palette. I'm using placed text, and the indentation remains even if I left-align. Why do first-line indents become ragged when paragraphs are justified, and what can I do to correct this? Thank you.

Right -- typing spaces is the only way I can think of that first-line indents would be affected by justification, and in that case it would be the expected result (justification is done primarily by adjusting the size of all spaces on the line). This is simply the wrong way to achieve what you're after.
The best practice is to create a Paragraph Style for your body text paragraphs. In the Paragraph Style palette's pop-up menu, choose Style Options. Select "Indents and Spacing," and enter a value for "First line indent."
Now, all paragraphs that have that body text style applied will have the same indent, regardless of justification. And as a bonus, by redefining the Style Options you can change that indent throughout the document whenever you want.
Depending on your document, you may want to create different paragraph styles for paragraphs that aren't indented.

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