Single spacing
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How do I single space my posts as I am writing. The usual SHIFT + Enter isnt working.
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Are you using the classic editor to create posts?
Dashboard > Posts > Add NewOr are you using the new Beep Beep Boop editor?
I suggest trying “the other one” whichever it may be for you.
Are you running a browser and version of it found at http://browsehappy.com? If not, please upgrade.
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.
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Hmmmm, these are good questions. I write and publish from my mobile app and so I don’t know if the the questions around which editor I’m using apply. Everything you mentioned works when I post from a browser but sometimes the app is more convenient. Any help regarding the app?
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Hi @awolaja,
If you’re using the mobile app, you can single space your post by first clicking into the HTML editor using the link on the right-hand side of the toolbar as shown here:
Can you give that a try?
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