PT8: Cannot enter \p or \s

Question

I’m supporting a user who when trying to start a new paragraph cannot just enter “\p”. If he enters “” the menu pops up, but “\p” is not an option in the menu. If he types “\p” the next “p” entry shows (I don’t have Paratext installed at the moment) and not the general \p paragraph entry. He has to either delete the extra characters to get to \p or copy and paste it from elsewhere, then Paratext will recognize it and make a new paragraph.

This also occurs with \s.

He’s also using Keyman 10 with the EWTS Tibetan Keyboard, if that helps.

Thanks,
–anon482869

Answer 1

Hello anon482869,
I had the same question a little while ago and learned that if you type \p and then hit ENTER, you’ll get the \p. The same holds for \s and \b.

I found the forum post where people helped answer my question

Not able to type \p or \b following the application of a style in Standard view Helps

We are using Paratext 8.0.100.63 but I recall seeing this for several versions of Paratext I’m finding that if I were to apply \q1 to a verse, I am not able to break out of \q1 by typing \b. \b is not an option that is available. I can, after putting my cursor at the end of the relevant text, apply \b by selecting \b from the style pull down menu but that actually changes the \q1 to a \b. I have to switch to unformatted view. The only way I’ve found to add the \b or to apply another style w…

MSEAIT/LT

Comments

Thanks MSEAIT/LT, hitting space instead of enter after typing \p or \s did the trick.

–anon482869

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I am replying to the inner thread “I am not able to break out of \q1 by typing \b.”

The reason Paratext is making the sequence of two paragraph markers difficult for you to type is because a sequence of two paragraph markers is not best practice. In fact, if you run the marker check, you will see an error message.

When publishing, we define the space between different types of paragraphs as part of their paragraph style and so adding a \b is unnecessary and makes inconsistent formatting much more likely.

Blessings,

Shegnada James

Language Technology and Publishing Coordinator, SIL Nigeria

Text Processing Specialist – Complex Script, GPS, SIL Intl

Skype: Shegnada.james.

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