GeneralWhy can't I left align my paragraphs?

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Mr. Book
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Why can't I left align my paragraphs?

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I'm new to latex and have been trying to learn it over the past week or so. I'm liking it so far; however, I can't seem to get my paragraphs to left align. Even when exporting a file from Open Office to a .tex file and running it through latex, the resulting .pdf file is spaced out like a newspaper article. Any advice?

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Stefan Kottwitz
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Why can't I left align my paragraphs?

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Hi,

you could use the ragged2e package. Without that package it's possible by \raggedright or \flushleft but ragged2e should give better results, see its documentation.

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Mr. Book
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Re: Why can't I left align my paragraphs?

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Works like a charm :D . Thank you so much!
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