\copyrightTim \begin{frame}[fragile, t]{Paragraphs} By default, new paragraphs are indented. To remove this indentation and insert a blank line insted, add the command \mintinline{tex}{\usepackage{parskip}} to the preamble. %autogobble removes extra tabs we want in the code but should not be in the pdf code display \begin{columns}[t] \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \begin{minted}[autogobble, linenos=false, escapeinside=||, fontsize=\scriptsize, highlightlines=2]{tex} \documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{article} \usepackage{parskip} \begin{document} The agitation for the Universal Colour Bill continued for three years; and up to the last moment of that period it seemed as though Anarchy were destined to triumph. A whole army of Polygons, who turned out to fight as private soldiers, was utterly annihilated by a superior force of Isosceles Triangles --- the Squares and Pentagons meanwhile remaining neutral. \end{document} \end{minted} {\tiny Example text: ``Flatland'' by Edwin A. Abbott }\par \end{column} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \vspace{0pt} \begin{tcolorbox}\small \setlength\parindent{0pt} The agitation for the Universal Colour Bill continued for three years; and up to the last moment of that period it seemed as though Anarchy were destined to triumph. \newline A whole army of Polygons, who turned out to fight as private soldiers, was utterly annihilated by a superior force of Isosceles Triangles --- the Squares and Pentagons meanwhile remaining neutral. \end{tcolorbox} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame}