Paragraphs

Normal paragraph

A paragraph (from the Greek paragraphos, "to write beside" or "written beside") is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. A paragraph consists of one or more sentences. Though not required by the syntax of any language, paragraphs are usually an expected part of formal writing, used to organize longer prose.

In word processing and desktop publishing, a hard return or paragraph break indicates a new paragraph, to be distinguished from the soft return at the end of a line internal to a paragraph.
This distinction allows word wrap to automatically re-flow text as it is edited, without losing paragraph breaks. The software may apply vertical whitespace or indenting at paragraph breaks, depending on the selected style.

How such documented are actually stored depends on the file format. For example, HTML uses the p tag as a paragraph container. In plaintext files, there are two common formats. Pre-formatted text will have a newline at the end of every physical line, and two newlines at the end of a paragraph, creating a blank line. An alternative is to only put newlines at the end of each paragraph, and leave word wrapping up to the application that displays or processes the text (if it is even necessary).

Inline text elements

Donec volutpat bold odio, sed italic nisl gravida et. Donec mark volutpat mi sed rutrum. Proin eu purus _sub lacus pulvinar ^sup egestas eget ac velit. Aliquam nec internal link in erat external link elementum. Link to a document, pdf, doc etc. Sed tempor tortor eget metus adipiscing pulvinar at eget risus. Donec rutrum elit id ligula blandit non aliquet arcu ultricies.