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How could I un-indent all paragraphs and increase the space between paragraphs, avoiding - at the same time - unwanted changes?
Package parskip works partially fine for me (it causes some unwanted changes).
What would you recommend to me?
The template of the project I am working on is here.
The lenght of indention of a paragraph is saved in the register \parindent.
The extra skip between paragraphs is saved in the register \parskip.
So to setup your document against all recommended typographic rules you can set inside your preamble:
\parindent=0pt
\parskip=0pt
if you also want no vertical space before/after display math expressions then write into the preamble:
\AtBeginDocument{%
\parskip=0pt
\parindent=0pt
\abovedisplayskip=0pt
\belowdisplayskip=0pt
\abovedisplayshortskip=0pt
\belowdisplayshortskip=0pt}
\tiny,\small,...,normalsize,...
\parindent=0pt
The parameters below are rubber lengths. They can expand ands shrink
\parskip=0pt plus 1pt minus 1pt
\abovedisplayskip=0pt plus 1pt minus 1pt
\belowdisplayskip=0pt plus 1pt minus 1pt
\abovedisplayshortskip=0pt plus 1pt minus 1pt
\belowdisplayshortskip=0pt plus 1pt minus 1pt
abovedisplayshortskip is used before and equation when the previous line is short, let us say a few words. abovedisplayskip for the other cases.
\abovedisplayskip=12pt
\abovedisplayshortskip=12pt
this is a longer line of text with several words exceeding the threshold\\
word
\[
a
\]
this is a longer line of text with several words exceeding the threshold
\[
a
\]
\abovedisplayshortskip=0pt
this is a longer line of text with several words exceeding the threshold\\
word
\[
a
\]
For tables figures and other float material the parameters are
\floatsep=6pt plus 2pt minus 2pt
\textfloatsep=6pt plus 2pt minus 2pt
\intextsep=6pt plus 2pt minus 2pt
\floatsep is the vertical space between floats appearing at the top or bottom of pages, \textflaotsep is the space between floats and the text when a float appears at the top or bottom of a page. intextsep is for the cases where the float appears in the text.
For lists, the dimension is \topsep+\parsep, these are redefined inside the list. You can use special purpose packages to control the appearance of lists (for example enumitem)
To set the paragraph indentation to 0, type \parindent=0 before your first paragraph - this will make all subsequent paragraphs have zero indentation. You can change the number 0 to any other number to alter the amount of indentation and you can also insert the same command again and again to keep adjusting the indentation between paragraphs.
Re. Paragraph breaks, you can manually edit them by using e.g. \\[.4cm] to add an extra .4cm or \\[-1cm] to subtract 1cm, etc. for that break only. I'm not sure about how to set the default size, though.
\\ with or without an optional argument to end a paragraph.
Aug 19, 2012 at 18:17
\parindent=0 but, rather \parindent=0pt (or \parindent=0cm, etc). Note that it's necessary to give an explicit length unit even if the parameter's numeric value is 0.