merging paragraphs

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  paradigmo · Member · Feb 21, 2007 at 3:44 pm

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  Hi,

  The editor keeps deleting the space between paragraphs so that several paragraphs merge, no matter how many times I correct it. What am I doing wrong?

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 21, 2007 at 3:59 pm

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  Are you pasting in from Word, by any chance? Itdoes that a LOT when you paste in from Word. Just copy it to Notepad, which strips out the strange formatting HTML from Word, copy that, and paste the Notepad copy.

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  drmike · Member · Feb 21, 2007 at 4:08 pm

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  You may also want to try switching editors as the rich text editor has a mind of it’s own with layout. Dashboard -> Users -> Your profile -> Uncheck the box near the top and click on Save Changes.

  Hope this helps,
  -drmike

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  judyb12 · Member · Feb 21, 2007 at 4:09 pm

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  If you’re experiencing this in the rich text (TinyMCE) editor, i often find it helpful to use the plain html editor instead for problems like this.

  You can use the paragraph tags to give yourself an empty line between paragraphs:
  <p> and </p>

  Or, you can use the break tag to just start a new line of text (thanks to DrMike for a reminder of what it should look like):
  <br /> </br>