Keyword

Description

\ql

Left-aligned (default)

\qr

Right-aligned

\qc

Centered

\qj

Justified

\fi <num>

First-Line indent. Specifies the left indent of the first line of a new paragraph (the default is 0)

\ri <num>

Left indent (the default is 0)

\li <num>

Right indent (the default is 0)

\sb <num>

Space before (the default is 0)

\sa <num>

Space after (the default is 0)

\sl <num>

Space between lines; if this control word is missing or if \sl1000 is used, the line spacing is automatically determined by the tallest character in the line; else this size is used only if it is taller than the tallest character

\deftab <num>

Default tab width (the default is 708 = about 1.25 cm)

\tx <num>

Tab position from the left margin

\keep

Keep paragraph intact. A page break may not occur between the lines of the following paragraphs. Instead, the whole paragraph is moved to the next page. Note: Page breaks may occur between paragraphs, e.g. at their exact borders (see \keepn; \keepn, \keep and \widctlpar; may be used together)

\nokeep

no \keep-setting (default)

\keepn

Keep paragraph with the next paragraph. A page break may not occur between the following paragraphs. Instead, the paragraphs are moved to the next page.

Note: Page breaks may occur between the lines of paragraphs (see \keep; \keepn, \keep and \widctlpar; may be used together)

\nokeepn

no \keepn-setting (default)

\widctlpar

Stands for "widowcontrol": A page break may not occur for a following paragraph, if only the first line of the paragraph would remain on the current page, or if only the last line of the paragraph would be placed on the next page.

\nowidctlpar

no \widctlpar-setting (default)

\pard

resets all paragraph settings to their default

\pntext

paragraph bulleting and numbering, emitted for example by Word or AmiPro; VPE is not able to do auto-bulleting or numbering itself, but compensates this very well by processing pntext-groups