[Tex/LaTex] Add space between paragraphs in Beamer

beamerparagraphsspacing

Customizing spacing between paragraphs in Beamer plagues me constantly. To split two paragraphs by one empty line I usually put \medskip tag between paragraphs, but this is very ugly solution.

Now I try with \parskip, which works fine, but fails inside various environments (e.g., also affecting spacing between items in itemize environment). Minimum example is pasted below.

Any help is much appreciated.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{parskip}
\setlength{\parskip}{\smallskipamount} 

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Test frame}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum quis erat dolor. Aenean tincidunt sem non quam feugiat tempus.

Sed semper justo vitae sem ultrices semper. Mauris urna leo, dictum eget vulputate vitae, venenatis ut leo.
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Best Answer

I had the same problem: blank lines in latex articles produces a clearly separated paragraph, but in Beamer, with the limited space and no indentation, the default new paragraph is does not strikingly separate the paragraphs.

My hack solution was to append the following latex code to the end of the paragraph that should have the space.

\\~\

For example, try inserting this into a Beamer latex file:

\frame{
  This is text that should have a blank line after it. \\~\\
  Here is text following a blank line.
}