Body text paragraph style

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Body text is the standard text of your document. All text that has no special formatting is body text.

Needed style:

b0_body
Body text (standard paragraph)

 

 

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Space between paragraphs

Add enough space before the paragraph so that it’s clearly visible where a new paragraph starts. Make the space larger than the space between two lines, but make it smaller than a blank line. A good value for the space before a body paragraph is about 1/4 to 1/2 the size of a blank line. There should still be enough cohesion so that it’s visible which lines belong together.

First-line indent (optional)

In addition to the space between paragraphs, you can mark the beginning of each paragraph by setting up a small indent on the first line.

A good value for the indent is the value of the line height. Don’t make the indent too large because then the text loses its cohesion and becomes more difficult to read.

Indents are common in printed documents, but they’re rarely used in online help.