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I would like to know if it is possible to change a line with just a normal skip with "enter" in latex. For example I want the document to recognize a normal line skip with enter as a new line in the document.

\begin{document}
This is a line

This is also a line
\end{document}

instead of

\begin{document}
This is a line
\newline 
This is also a line
\end{document}
Mico
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Mybro
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  • Would \ or \\ do the trick? – Mat Feb 25 '22 at 10:05
  • @Mat Yes it would, but I'm wondering if it is possible to do skips without them. Using some sort of package in the beginning. Leaving a line empty in the code gives a line skip in the file – Mybro Feb 25 '22 at 10:08
  • Welcome to TeX.SE. – Mico Feb 25 '22 at 10:17
  • In both PlainTeX and LaTeX, empty lines trigger paragraph breaks (and hence line breaks). Are you asking how to get a paragraph break without a non-zero paragraph indent at the start of the next line? Please advise. – Mico Feb 25 '22 at 10:18
  • I think this example can help: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/153506/insert-a-new-line-without-newline-command – WinnieNotThePooh Feb 25 '22 at 10:21
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    the two forms are not equivalent. a blank line is a new paragraph this will not leave extra vertical space by default, but may do, depending on your settings. \newline or \\ force a linebreak within a paragraph and should only very rarely be used. So the question is, why do you need a new line? If it isto start a paragraph, a blank line is the correct input. – David Carlisle Feb 25 '22 at 10:28
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    What you are asking is normal TeX behavior. Empty line is \par and \par finelaizes paragraph and next line is next paragraph, i.e. next line. – wipet Feb 25 '22 at 10:45

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Your question is not very clear and you provided no example document.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}


This is a line


This is also a line


\end{document}

Is the standard markup for two paragraphs and adds no extra vertical space:

enter image description here

Perhaps you are using a class that instead of indentation uses vertical space to separate paragraphs, such as

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{parskip}
\begin{document}

This is a line


This is also a line


\end{document}

Which produces

enter image description here

In either case, this is a two-paragraph document and quite different from

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}


This is a line\newline
This is also a line


\end{document}

which is a one-paragraph document with a forced linebreak.

enter image description here

as is this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{parskip}
\begin{document}

This is a line\newline
This is also a line


\end{document}

enter image description here

David Carlisle
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