Document Classes ⇒ 1.5 spaced + paragraph structure

[theo moore]

My department offers a standard cls file for writeups, but unfortunately the current format is rather difficult to read. It uses the standard report class as a basis, with only small modifications.

Basically, I want 1.5 spaced lines, and non-indented paragraphs, but with a full line between paragraphs. (like how this post is typed!) This is the same formatting as the dutch artikel3 style.

I have tried something like,

\setlength{\parskip}{2ex}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

But this messes up some of the document formatting like for the table
of contents. Is there an easy way for me to obtain this change in
paragraphing and indenting? I do want a rather easy fix and don't want
to spend a long time messing with the nitty-gritty formatting.

Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Theo,

welcome to the board!
I recommend to use the setspace package, the file setspace.sty contains its documentation.
Perhaps have look at the parskip package too.

Stefan