[Tex/LaTex] Adjust line spacing after new line

line-breakingspacing

I would like to adjust the line spacing under a section when I add a new line.

 \setlength{\parskip}{}

does not work because it only changes the spaces between sections, not between newlines (\\). For example, I would like for this source to have the first two lines as they are, while the last two sentences separated by an arbitrary distance:

\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}

%\setlength{\parskip}{1cm} %this command does not solve the problem
\begin{document}
\section{First section}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sit amet nibh
convallis, interdum dui vitae, ultrices urna. \\Vestibulum lobortis, mi vitae
hendrerit pulvinar, nunc mauris dapibus dui, sed hendrerit mauris leo in magna. 
\end{document}

Could anybody please tell me how to solve this issue?

Best Answer

The markup for a paragraph break is a blank line, not \\ :

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{parskip}


\begin{document}
\section{First section}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sit amet nibh
convallis, interdum dui vitae, ultrices urna.

Vestibulum lobortis, mi vitae
hendrerit pulvinar, nunc mauris dapibus dui, sed hendrerit mauris leo in magna. 
\end{document}

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You didn't specify the document class, so I assume for the moment you're using a standard class. The titlesec package offers a way to change the definition of \section & friends.

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\usepackage{titlesec}

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%     {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubparagraph}{1em}{}
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\documentclass{article}

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Note the rule touched the letters, you could add a blank line then \vspace{2pt} to add some space. Note that size change commands like \Large and \small do not take a {...} argument and should always include the end of the paragraph in their scope otherwise the line spacing will be incorrect.

Or version with no vertical space at all

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\documentclass{article}

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