Can't add hard returns in the visual editor. WordPress removes them.

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  patmifsud · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 10:11 pm

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  I have over 200 posts to implement and i’m having issues with spacing. The visual editor will remove line spacing i’ve added upon refresh. Tried chrome and safari on mac. Using the text editor will add upwards of 5 hours to the time it will take to finish this project due to the jungle of tags and nature of the spacing, so <br clear=”none” /> is a non/very expensive option.

  Any ideas? Panicking.

  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 10:19 pm

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  Are you using the new Beep Beep Boop editor?
  If you are then this is a known issue.

  Go to https://patmifsud.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
  If you use the classic editor here Dashboard > Posts > Add New to create your posts what I provide below may be helpful.

  In the classic editor, if you are working in the Visual editor, to get single spacing between paragraphs hold the SHIFT key down and simultaneously click ENTER at the end of the paragraph. If you are working in the HTML editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines.

  Blog editors and word processors are not the same and do not work the same way. The web standard is one blank line only, so you cannot add more blank lines by pressing return repeatedly like you would do with a typewriter or in a word processing application. If you want to learn how to format and space your posts and pages see: http://en.support.wordpress.com/advanced-html/

  If you are copying and pasting from a word processing document like Microsoft WORD note that the paste as WORD button was removed from the editor months ago. If you use the Paste as plain text button then a special cleanup process will run to remove any special formatting and HTML tags that may otherwise change your text. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#pasting-text Therefore you have to do your own formatting and spacing.

  Whether or not you are copying and pasting go to > Dashboard > Settings > Writing and enable this setting:
  Formatting
  __ WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically
  “save changes”

  IMPORTANT NOTE: When you create a new post, always make sure the Format tool is set to Paragraph before you start typing. It’s in the Visual editor Row 2 first position “style”. See the illustration here http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2 If you forget to do that then edit the post, highlight all in the Visual editor, select Paragraph from the Format tool, switch editor to Text then switch back to Visual and click Update.

  Also note raincoaster’s editing tip:

  When you fix the spacing, you have to start at the top and work down. If you start at the bottom and work up, it always double spaces at least one line.

  If you’re using the mobile app then see here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/single-spacing-4?replies=5#post-2346693

  For editing in the classic editor please see: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2015/04/05/navigating-the-classic-wordpress-com-interface/

  2. To use the classic editor when you edit posts,
  go the Posts -> All Posts menu, hover over the post title and click the Edit link.

  http://INSERT_NAME_OF_YOUR_BLOG_HERE/wp-admin/edit.php

  Note that you can bookmark that link.

  Here’s the link on your blog https://patmifsud.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php for bookmarking.

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  patmifsud · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 10:20 pm

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  pre update:
  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24416004/Z%20old/Screen%20Shot%202015-04-29%20at%208.12.30%20am.png

  post update
  

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  galois · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 10:20 pm

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  I have over 200 posts to implement and i’m having issues with spacing….
  Any ideas?…

  Yep, see here:
  Why do my spaces disappear?
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-my-spaces-disappear?replies=12

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  patmifsud · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 10:56 pm

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  Thanks so much for your help timethief,
  shift+enter appears to be working,

  Cheers!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 11:20 pm

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  Glad to help and best wishes. :)

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  patmifsud · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 5:13 am

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  Unfortunately this hasn’t solved the problem for 50% of cases, wysiwyg paragraph returns are still disappearing around images, it just ads h1 tags when i push return. Why this is even remotely defined as expected behaviour by the staff at wordpress is beyond me. I can see that this problem has been in the software for over 4 years without anyone fixing it. It has costed me 5 hours of work due to an easy, obvious but inefficient workaround. Just venting.