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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: Changing paragraph setting in Latex export
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Paul Mead <paul.d.mead@gmail.com> wrote:


> I'm trying to export an org-mode file to Latex but I've got a couple of
> niggles with the output.
> 
> Firstly, there are no spaces between paragraph breaks, so my text looks
> horribly bunched up (I'm converting to RTF using latex2rtf, btw)
> 
> Secondly, the paragraphs all come out fully justified - this looks
> pretty terrible on a fairly wide page (A4 with 1" margins in my case),
> and I can't seem to find a way of changing this layout from the org
> file.
> 

Try adding

#+LaTeX: \setlength\parskip{5mm}
#+LaTeX: \raggedright

(season to taste).

HTH,
Nick