CivicPlus - Single / Double Spacing of text

Created by Martin Cadek, Modified on Thu, 5 Feb at 12:23 PM by Martin Cadek

When working in document editors—especially browser‑based ones—it’s important to understand the difference between single‑spaced and double‑spaced lines. In simple terms:

  • Pressing Enter creates a new paragraph, which results in double spacing.

  • Pressing Shift + Enter creates a line break, which gives you single spacing.



Example of ENTER key pressed after each line of text:

Hello


World


This is a test



Example of SHIFT+ENTER key combo after each line of text: 

Hello

World

This is a test

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