Text Formatting ⇒ Difference between "\\" and "\par"

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ytyyutianyun
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Difference between "\\" and "\par"

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What's the difference between "\\" and "\par"?
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Difference between "\\" and "\par"

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  • \\ ends a line, the following text starts at the beginning of a new line. The next line belongs to the same (logical) paragraph.
  • \par ends the paragraph (so implicitly also the line). But because the paragraph is ended, a paragraph indentation or a paragraph skip may be added, in addition to the line skip, depending on the settings.
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Re: Difference between "\\" and "\par"

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Thanks, I don't know how I can possibly thank you enough.
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