can we fix the word processor so it quits clumping everything together?

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whenever I send a message, no matter how many line spaces I put in, the message gets all clumped together in one paragraph.  This makes it hard to read and follow sometimes when there is a lot of data.  I also notice this happening in the bios where things get clumped together unless one gives several line feeds.  Is there any way to amend the program so it does not bunch everything up automatically?
in WikiTree Tech by Danielle Liard G2G6 Pilot (647k points)

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It's a nuisance, but I have solved this problem in private messages by putting:

<br /><br />

where I want to start a new paragraph.
by Gaile Connolly G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)
selected by Maggie N.
Thanks Gaile, now if I can just remember those squiggles.  Do you have to put them in before and after each paragraph?
Danielle,

The short answer is yes, but rather than just giving you a "do this and it works", I think it will help if you understand how it works.

The "<" and">" are usually called "left and right angle brackets".  Whatever is in between them is not displayed, but instead is interpreted as an instruction to the computer about how something is to be displayed.  The set of angle brackets and what is between them is called a "tag".

Most tags are "containers" for content that is displayed and are instructions for how to display it.  For this reason, tags are used in sets of a "start tag" and an "end tag".  For example:  This is how you would use a <sup>superscript</sup> tag to make only what is between the start tag and end tag appear as superscript.  End tags are identical to start tags, except that there is a "/" at the beginning of them.

A very small number of tags do not have content - instead, they just do something at the point where they are used.  The tag for line break is one of these.  There is a sort of "shorthand" used to indicate that this one tag is both start and end.  That is to put a "/" at the end of the tag.  When you use the <br /> tag, it is an instruction to insert a new line (like pressing the ENTER key).  When you want to skip a line, you need to use 2 <br /> tags.

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