<p><\/code> tag that tells the output: this is a paragraph! Please style me! In most cases, for print and ebooks (as is traditional with most books you'll find on your shelf), a new paragraph is denoted in the text by a new line and an indent. Sometimes that's not the case though.\n\nFor instance, in a book you might see something like this.\n\nHere is the first sentence in a paragraph. Here is a second sentence. And another, longer third sentence, which we will make long enough so that we are sure it will wrap around to the next line.<\/p>\n
Here is then next line of the paragraph. You will notice that this paragraph is indented.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nHow do we make paragraphs behave properly in Pressbooks? When the paragraphs are exported they are wrapped like this, which tells the PDF or Ebook how they should be styled.\n
<p>Here is the first sentence in a paragraph. Here is a second sentence. And another, longer third sentence, which we will make long enough so that we are sure it will wrap around to the next line.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the first line of the next<\/strong> paragraph. You will notice that this paragraph is indented.<\/p><\/div>\nThis is default behaviour (which can be changed, see below) for:\n* PDF output in Pressbooks\n* EPUB\/MOBI output in Pressbooks\nParagraphs are ALWAYS displayed with a line space in web\u00a0form and in the visual editor.<\/h2>\nHowever ... IMPORTANT!! ... Paragraphs are NOT displayed like this in the Web preview AND in the Pressbooks editor<\/strong>. Instead, in the Pressbooks Editor, paragraph separation is denoted with a line between the paragraphs, so they will look like this:\n\n\nHere is the first sentence in a paragraph. Here is a second sentence. And another, longer third sentence, which we will make long enough so that we are sure it will wrap around to the next line.\n\nHere is a new paragraph in the WEB preview AND the Editor. You will notice that this paragraph is NOT indented.\n\n<\/div>\nThe paragraph tag wrapping and formatting happens on export.\n\nHere's\u00a0what you might see in the TEXT editor of Pressbooks:\nParagraphs in the Text Editor<\/h2>\n\n\n<h2>Here is a heading<\/h2><\/code>\n\nThis is a first paragraph after a heading, which won't be indented on exports.<\/code>\n\nThis is a second paragraph, which will be indented.<\/code>\n\nThis is a single paragraph,\nWith a soft return for the second line. You can tell this is a \"soft\" return, because there is no line space.<\/code>\n\nBy inserting two carriage returns, we've made this a new paragraph, which you know because there is a blank line above it. This is just another sentence in the same paragraph. On export, this paragraph will be wrapped in a <p> tag. All paragraphs will. And this paragraph will be indented in exports.<\/code>\n\n<\/div>\nAnd all that will render on output as ... :<\/h2>\n\nHere is a heading<\/h2>\n
This is a first paragraph after a heading, which won't be indented on exports.<\/p>\n
This is a second paragraph, which will be indented.<\/p>\n
This is a single paragraph,\nWith a soft return for the second line. You can tell this is a \"soft\" return, because there is no line space.<\/p>\n
By inserting two carriage returns, we've made this a new paragraph, which you know because there is a blank line above it. This is just another sentence in the same paragraph. On export, this paragraph will be wrapped in a <p>\u00a0tag. All paragraphs will. And this paragraph will be indented in exports.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n
How to set your whole document so that paragraphs skip lines instead of indent<\/h2>\nCertain kinds of books look better without indented paragraphs, and instead have paragraphs denoted with a blank space between the end of one and beginning of next. To apply this styling to your whole book, follow the following steps:\n