Text Formatting ⇒ How to insert a blank line between any two paragraphs???

[subjugater]

I'm using the following as the start of my code

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{latexsym,amsmath,amssymb}    
\usepackage{graphicx}  
\begin{document}
......

But I have only an indentation at the beginning of each paragraph, which, actually, is not what I want. What should I do if I need to insert a blank line between any two paragraphs? Thanks.

[frabjous]

You could try:

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\addtolength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}

...right before \begin{document}.

[localghost]

I would be very careful with the length \parskip. It affects other parts of the document where this might not be desired. The parskip package prevents such undesired effects.

In my opinion an indentation and a blank line in combination do not make sense. There should only be the one or the other. You can add several spaces between paragraphs.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[centering,includeheadfoot,margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext

  \smallskip
  \blindtext

  \medskip
  \blindtext

  \bigskip
  \blindtext
\end{document}

These lengths are rubber lengths and can be stretched or compressed. But with space between paragraphs you should set the length \parindent to zero.


Best regards
Thorsten

[subjugater]

You could try:

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\addtolength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}

...right before \begin{document}.

Thanks, man. The way you suggested works pretty well. Thanks, again.

[subjugater]

I would be very careful with the length \parskip. It affects other parts of the document where this might not be desired. The parskip package prevents such undesired effects.

In my opinion an indentation and a blank line in combination do not make sense. There should only be the one or the other. You can add several spaces between paragraphs.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[centering,includeheadfoot,margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext

  \smallskip
  \blindtext

  \medskip
  \blindtext

  \bigskip
  \blindtext
\end{document}

These lengths are rubber lengths and can be stretched or compressed. But with space between paragraphs you should set the length \parindent to zero.


Best regards
Thorsten

Thorsten,

Thanks for your post. Yes, you are right. It does not make much sense, if both of an indentation and a blank line are used. I'll take what you suggestion by only using a blank line between paragraphs. Thanks, man