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paragraph tag

In desktop publishing, a code embedded in the text that defines a style for the paragraph that follows it. It defines typeface, tab, indent, letter spacing, alignment and other related settings. See character tag and tag.

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Hard rules are often placed above and below category headings or between a paragraph tag and a new heading.

Library guides on the Web: traditional tenets and internal issues

Once a paragraph tag has been inserted, the user should be presented with a list of those elements allowed within paragraphs in that context.

SGML authoring tools for technical communication

It also sets forth any rules of the document (as in, "A paragraph tag must be the first element after a chapter heading tag").