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I wrote all my text using the command \paragraph{} and now I'm difficulties to indent and set the spacing between paragraphs. I would like to indent the first line of paragraphs with spacing of 1.25 cm. But when I use \setlength{\parindent}{1.25cm} the first line don't set. Is there any way to set the first line of the paragraph using the command ? And how can I set the distance between the paragraphs to 0cm, created with \paragraph ?

ex:

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\setlength{\parindent}{1.25cm}
\begin{document}
\paragraph{} \lipsum[1] %tow spaces between paragraph

\paragraph{} \lipsum[2]
\lipsum[3] %anyone spaces between paragraph
\lipsum[4]
\end{document}

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    \paragraph is a sectioning command like \section: it does not mean 'start a new paragraph'. If that is what you mean here, you should be leaving a blank line between the paragraphs.
    – Joseph Wright ♦
    Jan 13, 2015 at 7:04
  • Thank you man, I really did not know that. So what's the real utility of the command \paragraph{}? when I can use it ?
    – Freitas
    Jan 13, 2015 at 7:12
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    \paragraph{<text>} is a "lower" type of heading (in the sense that \chapter{<text>} is "higher" than \section{<text>}, which is higher than \subsection{<text>}).
    – jon
    Jan 13, 2015 at 7:18
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    To change the vertical distance between paragraphs, don't modify \parindent. Instead, do something like \addtolength\parskip{1\baselineskip}.
    – Mico
    Jan 13, 2015 at 7:28
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    @Freitas \paragraph is just what could have been called \subsubsubsection except that that name is getting long. If you set tocdepth and secnumdepth counters higher than 4 you will see it produces numbered headings and table of contents entries assuming that it is just below subsubsection in the hierarchy.
    – David Carlisle
    Jan 13, 2015 at 12:38

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You actually chose a poor example, since \lipsum starts a new paragraph unless you call the lipsum package with the nopar option. As such, leaving an empty space between paragraphs is fine to separate paragraphs.

Issuing a \paragraph{} to start a new paragraph is, however, not the best idea. You can "rectify" this by redefining what \paragraph means. In this case, it suffices to make it equivalent to \ignorespaces:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\setlength{\parindent}{1.25cm}
\let\paragraph\ignorespaces
\begin{document}
\paragraph{} \lipsum[1]

\paragraph{} \lipsum[2]
\lipsum[3]
\lipsum[4]
\end{document}
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If you don't want to change your document, deleting all \paragraph commands, you can load the titlesec package and issue

\titlespacing*{\paragraph}{0pt}{0pt}{0cm}

MWE:

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum

\setlength{\parindent}{1.25cm}

\usepackage{titlesec}
\titlespacing*{\paragraph}{0pt}{0pt}{0cm}

\begin{document}
\paragraph{}\lipsum[1] %tow spaces between paragraph

\paragraph{} \lipsum[2]
\lipsum[3] %anyone spaces between paragraph
\lipsum[4]
\end{document}

Output:

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Para sangrar escribe, y toma en cuenta que 0.25cm = 1 espacio. \parindent=1.25cm

y para el espaciado entre parráfos escribe y toma en cuenta que el 1.5 es a espacio y medio.

\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}
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    Jun 13, 2021 at 20:18

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