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5. Ordinary prose paragraphs

For everyday text paragraphs, enclose each paragraph in a <simpara> element. Here's an example from the Declaration of Independence:

  <simpara>He has abdicated Government here, by declaring
    us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
  </simpara>
  <simpara>He has plundered our Seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt
    our Towns, and destroyed the Lives of our People.
  </simpara>

For paragraphs which include other complex structures such as bullet lists, screen shots, and such, it is necessary to use the <para> element. These will look the same in the final form as a <simpara> paragraph.