{paragraphs} are distinct text divisions that begin on a new, usually indented line. In TeX, a paragraph is ended by the \par command or at least one blank line. If your question is about the \paragraph or \subparagraph sectioning commands, use {sectioning} plus {sections-paragraphs} instead.
Questions tagged [paragraphs]
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In how many ways can you create a paragraph in LaTeX?
How many ways are there to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph in LaTeX? Only way I know of is the double linebreak.
gablin
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How to layout irregular paragraph shape
I have found this in the cover of seminar(one tool to make slide) document.
The final result I have captured below:
The complete document can download here.
I wonder how to make this. Is there any easy way?
pythonee
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Why does \everypar not work?
I tried to put a \P (¶ sign) after each paragraph. Therefore, I chose the
\everypar={\P}
command. First of all, I figured out that LaTeX redefines it internally after
\begin{document}
Hence, I placed my code inside the document…
Matthias
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Why is the use of a doubleslash as a newline indicator outside of tabular bad
I recall seeing some comments that using a \\ to start a new line is a really bad idea outside of tabular type of environments.
What are the reasons for this?
Peter Grill
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How to disable new paragraph at empty line?
With the goal of making the latex source easier to parse, I was wondering if one could (locally or globally) disable the latex default behaviour of creating a new paragraph when it encounters an empty line.
Obviously, I can always just put a % on…
Ricardo Andrade
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Execute command at every *end* of a paragraph?
I'd like to execute something at every end of a paragraph (writing sth. to aux file). So I modified \par using
\let\oldpar\par
\def\par{%
\protected@write\@auxout{}{\string\ParHere}%
\oldpar% original version of \par
}%
That works pretty…
LaTechneuse
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Add a period after each paragraph title
I tend to use \paragraph{text} to structure my text (instead of \subsubection for example). The text in the paragraph is printed bold and some extra spacing is inserted. I would like to alter this by having latex print a period after the bold text.…
hfhc2
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What is a good way to write exponentials within paragraph?
I want write a paragraph that has an exponential term in it, like `the complexity is on the order of 10^5'.
This exponential changes the spacing between the lines of the paragraph. I have seen in some textbooks that they make the size of the base…
dagcilibili
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Going back to the end of the previous paragraph
Is there a way to define a TeX command that checks if the current position in the text is at the beginning of a paragraph, and if true, then to go back to the end of the previous paragraph?
Edit: The aim is to solve the following problem. I have a…
digital-Ink
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How to fill the last line of a paragraph and not the first
I have a parbox which is right-justified. When the words do not fill an entire number of lines, the last line is incomplete:
\documentclass[preview]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\fbox{\parbox{10cm}{\raggedleft Some text some text some text some…
JPG
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What is the difference between \\ and skipping a line?
What different effects do ending a paragraph in the following three ways have?
1.
words words words
words words words
2.
words words words\\
words words words
3.
words words words\\
words words words
Abijah
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Inset paragraph with vertical text next to it
I'm looking for a way to inset an entire paragraph and add a vertical line to the left of it with some vertical text in the middle (text need not be a variable, there's only going to be 3 or 4 different words in total):
I have no idea where to…
David Rutten
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Text indentation for dedication page
I am using stock book template and would like to create a dedication page. I have used this answer to align the text vertically and my current code is the following:
\cleardoublepage
\vspace*{\stretch{3}}
\textbf{DEDICATION}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit…
alesc
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Paragraph settings
I am using the paragraph settings shown below:
Correct use of \paragraph titles?
1) How can I reduce the size between the paragragphs?
2) Should I reduce the gap between paragraph title and text, and if yes, how can I do…
Jens
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How can I ensure the next things is always at the start of a new line?
I have an environment that needs to ensure that its body always starts on a new line, but that doesn't add extra blank space when doing that.
What I have works well, except with a few corner cases relating to \paragraph{...} without any text between…
BCS
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