How do I insert an empty line?

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How can I add an empty line between to paragraphs, thus separating them more strongly?

Note that if this question is interpreted as "how do I add a single blank line somewhere without changing the normal paragraph spacing in the rest of the document" then the duplicate does not apply (but the answer below does). — Marijn, Dec 14 '23 at 13:45

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 14 '23 at 13:43

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I'm almost sure this is a duplicate but \vspace{\baselineskip} should do the job. You can also put a factor in front of the \baselineskip to get more or less extra space.

As hinted at by David though:
Don't use this code unless you know what you are doing!
In all probability you will only make your typesetting worse, not better.

edited Dec 14 '23 at 13:43

Marijn

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answered Mar 18 '13 at 22:52

Christian

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@Dominik, although this is the accepted answer you shouldn't normally be adding explicit space within the document. See the answers in the linked duplicate question. TeX has a built in mechanism for automatically adding space between paragraphs. – David Carlisle Mar 19 '13 at 00:07
@DavidCarlisle True, I should have used a "Don't do this unless you know what you are doing" disclaimer. Oh wait, I can edit. – Christian Mar 19 '13 at 11:28

How do I insert an empty line?

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