How to create a blank line between lines without using \\

Question

In my tex document I have an ungodly amount of \\ from when I first started writing tex files. (~5000 in total)

Right now I am trying to delete all of them. I want to just have a blank line between two lines when I create a blink line in the unpublished tex file. Right now I have to hit \\ in order to create a blank line between them.

For example:

Right now:

In tex

ABC

DEF

In pdf

ABC
DEF

When I really want:

In tex

ABC

DEF

In pdf

ABC

DEF

Is there something to put in the preamble to make this happen?

Thanks

Answer 1

You could try:

\documentclass{article}
% set space between paragraphs
\setlength{\parskip}{0.5cm}
% set indents for paragraphs
\setlength{\parindent}{0.0mm}
\begin{document}
    ABC

    DEF \vspace{2cm} % use vspace (vertical space) when a different spacing is needed.

    GHI
\end{document}