A.4. Paragraphs

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	Appendix A. Frequently Used DocBook Tags

List of elements

`<para>`	A basic paragraph.
`<formalpara>`	A paragraph with a title.
`<bridgehead>`	A free-floating title that can be used to separate paragraphs.

Elements shown in context

<para>A paragraph can contain any number of sentences.  Any
word or phrase in a paragraph can be tagged with in-line tags,
such as those listed General Text or Software Teminology
appenidices.</para>
<formalpara>
  <title>A Formal Paragraph</title>
  <para>has a title that appears in bold, and a body paragraph.
  The title paragraph is incorporated into the body paragraph in HTML,
  and is separate in PDF.  The body paragraph is a regular &lt;para&gt;
  paragraph, and there is only one body paragraph allowed per formal
  paragraph.</para>
</formalpara>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Topic Heading</bridgehead>
<para>You can use the Bridgehead element to create a heading
between paragraphs, without creating a new section or
sub-section.</para>

Example output

A paragraph can contain any number of sentences. Any word or phrase in a paragraph can be tagged with in-line tags, such as those listed General Text or Software Teminology appenidices.

A Formal Paragraph has a title that appears in bold, and a body paragraph. The title paragraph is incorporated into the body paragraph in HTML, and is separate in PDF. The body paragraph is a regular <para> paragraph, and there is only one body paragraph allowed per formal paragraph.

Topic Heading

You can use the Bridgehead element to create a heading between paragraphs, without creating a new section or sub-section.


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