Text Formatting ⇒ Trying to left-justified text but got issues with ragged2e

[etp94]

Hi!

I'm a LaTex newbie, I took some packages from a partner document, I've been studying some of them carefully but it seems that LaTex use completely justified text as default configuration.

I found that by using \usepackage[document]{ragged2e} you can get all your document left justified. The problem I've is that the pdf output stop obeying my paragraph delimitation by using \\,

I've attached both pdf outputs with and without using ragged2e package.

Also I've been using this packages and configuration:

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\documentclass[12pt,openany]{report}
\usepackage[document]{ragged2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[spanish,activeacute,es-lcroman,es-tabla]{babel}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{apacite}
\usepackage{authblk}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{moreverb}

	\spanishdecimal{.}

	\addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{-.875in}
	\addtolength{\evensidemargin}{-.875in}
	\addtolength{\textwidth}{1.75in}

	\addtolength{\topmargin}{-.875in}
	\addtolength{\textheight}{1.75in}

Is any of these could generate my issue by using it with the ragged2e package?

Thanks for reading!!

[Johannes_B]

Hi and welcome.

The problem I've is that the pdf output stop obeying my paragraph delimitation by using \\,

Never do that, never use a double backslash at the end of paragraphs, it is not only bad, it is really really wrong.
Instead, you sould use package parskip.

[etp94]

Never do that, never use a double backslash at the end of paragraphs, it is not only bad, it is really really wrong.
Instead, you sould use package parskip.

Hi!

Thanks for answering!

I've search for LaTex parkskip but I've found that it is a package and a command, should I use use just the package instead of using \parskip at the end of every paragraph (like if I were using double backslash)?.

I've found this information about the package form:

TeX leaves no vertical space between paragraphs by default (\parskip=0pt). Similar to \parindent, setting \parskip in the document preamble controls the vertical space between paragraphs document-wide.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\parskip=12pt % adds vertical space between paragraphs
\begin{document}
\blindtext

\blindtext
\end{document}

from http://texblog.org/2013/02/27/on-paragr ... -texlatex/

Is it what you recommended to me? should I use just the package or must they be used at the same time?

Regards!

[Johannes_B]

Use the blank line and the package.

Do not use \parskip=12pt. It is not LaTeX and doesn't do the same as the package does.

But the really important thing is the blank line between paragraphs in your input text.