Text Formatting ⇒ \setlength{\parskip}{5\parskip} has no effect

[dl3fo3]

\setlength{\parskip}{5\parskip} seems to have no effect. Is there a way to achieve the intended effect?

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

Hello

Hello

\setlength{\parskip}{5\parskip}
%\addtolength{\parskip}{4\parskip}

Hello

Hello

\end{document}

[localghost]

Look at the default value of \parskip. Be careful with this length and use the parskip package.


Best regards
Thorsten

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Insert

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\the\parskip

into your document to see the value of \parskip at that place.
The default value of \parskip is 0.0pt plus 1.0pt, so multiplying by 5 should not have much effect.

Stefan