How to Create a New Paragraph with Indentation in LaTeX?

[NoobixCube]

This may seem a simple question but how do you finish a paragraph and begin a new one which has kipped a line and the first line is indented. namely (I just used some text off the main page of wiki...)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in Florida. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Florida.

The current archbishop is John Favalora As archbishop, Favalora also serves as pastor of the Cathedral of Saint Mary, the mother church of the archdiocese. Also serving are 428 priests, 160 Permanent Deacons, 50 Religious Brothers and 300 Religious Sisters who are members of various Roman Catholic religious orders. These priests, deacons and religious serve a Catholic population in South Florida of 1,300,000 in 118 parishes and missions. Because of the ...

I have tried using the following :
ecclesiastic territory includes Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in Florida. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Florida.\\ \par The current archbishop is John Favalora As archbishop, Favalora also..

But it doesn't seem to work. Help!

 

[CompuChip]

If you want this one-time only (not recommended) you could so something like
\vskip{1em}\hskip{3em}

If you want this for each paragraph (strongly recommended) you can set in your preamble (above begin document)
\setlength{parskip}{1em} % make 1 line space between paragraphs
\setlength{parindent}{0.8cm} % indent every paragraph by 0.8cm

 

[oswaler]

I understand the importance of clear and organized communication, especially when it comes to presenting information. In LaTeX, there are a few ways to create a new paragraph with indentation and a skipped line.

One way is to use the \par command, as you have already tried. However, in order for it to work, you need to make sure that there is a blank line between the two paragraphs. In your example, there is no blank line between the first and second paragraph, which is why the \par command is not working.

Another way to create a new paragraph is to use the \indent command at the beginning of the first line of the new paragraph. This will indent the first line and create a new paragraph without skipping a line. However, if you want to skip a line as well, you can use the \par command after the \indent command.

For example:

\ecclesiastic territory includes Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in Florida. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Florida.\\
\indent The current archbishop is John Favalora. As archbishop, Favalora also serves as pastor of the Cathedral of Saint Mary, the mother church of the archdiocese. Also serving are 428 priests, 160 Permanent Deacons, 50 Religious Brothers and 300 Religious Sisters who are members of various Roman Catholic religious orders. These priests, deacons and religious serve a Catholic population in South Florida of 1,300,000 in 118 parishes and missions. Because of the...

I hope this helps! It's always a good idea to double check your code and make sure there are no missing or extra blank lines that could affect the formatting. Happy typesetting!