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Adding Paragraphs (1.3c)

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This video was created in Paratext 8 but applies equally to Paratext 9. In this video we learn there are a few places where you must insert a paragraph marker.

At a minimum, Paratext needs a paragraph at the beginning of each chapter.

In standard view

  1. Click where you want to put the paragraph,
  2. press ENTER, and then select the paragraph marker from the list.

Add after section headings markers​

\s1 (\s), \s2, \s3 \s4

Be sure to add another paragraph marker after the heading.

Add after Parallel reference headings​

\r

Be sure to add another paragraph marker after the reference heading.

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Remember,

  1. you always need a paragraph marker before verse 1 of any chapter.
  2. you always need a paragraph after any section head \s… or parallel passage heading \r.

Other common markers​

  • \p standard paragraph
  • \m for a paragraph with no first line indent,
  • \nb paragraph with no break with the previous paragraph
  • \pi where all the paragraph is indented,
  • \q1 (\q) or \q2 for indented quotes or poetry.