Inserting a blank line with LaTeX works with one command. We'll reveal which one it is in this article..
In Word, a blank line is inserted according to the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) principle - by pressing [Enter] twice. It is different with LaTeX, where an empty line has to be created by a command. Similar to a whole paragraph. You can find out how this works in this tipps + tricks article.
Suppose you would enter a blank line or a paragraph as in Word in the LaTeX editor by pressing [Enter] twice . Unfortunately, this only creates a line break when compiling, but not a blank line. Several blank lines are treated here in the same way as one blank line.
The method of creating a blank line is pretty simple:
To make the whole thing clearer, an example: Hier beginnt die erste Zeile.\\ \\ Und hier ist diesmal wirklich eine Leerzeile davor.
Hier beginnt die erste Zeile.\\
\\
Und hier ist diesmal wirklich eine Leerzeile davor.