WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Formatting and Spacing - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/formatting-and-spacing WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Formatting and Spacing - Recent Posts en Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Text format changes from draft to saved draft/published draft" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/text-format-changes-from-draft-to-saved-draftpublished-draft#post-1262784 Sat, 11 May 2013 18:29:49 +0000 timethief 1262784@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 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/writing-and-formatting-poetry/

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 (Text) editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/

P.S. 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.

]]> kerrympeterson on "Text format changes from draft to saved draft/published draft" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/text-format-changes-from-draft-to-saved-draftpublished-draft#post-1262558 Sat, 11 May 2013 15:05:08 +0000 kerrympeterson 1262558@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The visual editor is not posting the line breaks I have included in my text on occasion. I have tried using just return key, and I have tried using control shift-return, but it isn't leaving the line breaks/spaces where I want them and where they are placed in my visual editor when I save draft/publish it.

]]> justpi on "Formatting of blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/formatting-of-blog#post-1236250 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:49:15 +0000 justpi 1236250@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your style is set to paragraph, but your paragraphs contain extraneous coding, probably because you copypasted the content from Word or something like that. To clear things up, edit the post, select all in the Visual editor, copy, switch to Text (=code), select all, paste, then delete the blank lines you don't want and click Update.
In the future, never copypaste from other sources into the Visual editor: when you need to paste, paste into the Text editor.

]]> jmuntamed on "Formatting of blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/formatting-of-blog#post-1236197 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:07:26 +0000 jmuntamed 1236197@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My style is set to paragraph, I used the hitting enter twice and then tried the shift + enter and nothing has worked. This poem, http://creativityuntamed.com/2013/04/22/continue/ is supposed to have three lines per stanza and I cannot get the stanza's to show.

]]> timethief on "Formatting of blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/formatting-of-blog#post-1229186 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:03:14 +0000 timethief 1229186@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and best wishes with your blog.

]]> aviesplace2012 on "Formatting of blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/formatting-of-blog#post-1229117 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:33:28 +0000 aviesplace2012 1229117@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That took care of the problem! Thank you so much!

]]> timethief on "Formatting of blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/formatting-of-blog#post-1229068 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:10:32 +0000 timethief 1229068@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 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/writing-and-formatting-poetry/

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 (Text) editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/

P.S. 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.

]]> aviesplace2012 on "Formatting of blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/formatting-of-blog#post-1229064 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:09:16 +0000 aviesplace2012 1229064@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ When I write my blog and set it to preview, the spaces between the paragraphs are not showing. I have cleared the cache and cookies and am still having this problem. If I post it this way all the blog runs together. Can you help me with this, please?

]]> timethief on "spaces between lines." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spaces-between-lines#post-1207621 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:42:22 +0000 timethief 1207621@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 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/writing-and-formatting-poetry/

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 (Text) editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/

P.S. 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.

]]> mapmemoir on "spaces between lines." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spaces-between-lines#post-1207599 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:35:09 +0000 mapmemoir 1207599@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am having a problem adding a space between lines... I've pressed Enter, I've pressed Shift+Enter, I went to the visual tab and code with
... I wish this wasnt complicated... I just want to write and not worry about how to program anything... Please assist!

]]> timethief on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184146 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:12:30 +0000 timethief 1184146@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Blogger runs on different code than we do. Here it's php that creates HTML on the fly for our blogs.

]]> ryanpaulkelley on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184139 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:08:27 +0000 ryanpaulkelley 1184139@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The shift+enter trick worked. I wonder why blogger doesn't require the extra key.

]]> timethief on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184131 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:03:38 +0000 timethief 1184131@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

The edit I'm trying to make is simply spacing out my paragraphs. When I go into preview I notice that the post is doing it's own spacing and not the spacing I edited it to have. When I update my post it reverts back into everything being squished together.

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/writing-and-formatting-poetry/

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 (Text) editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/

P.S. 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.

]]> ryanpaulkelley on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184127 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:59:52 +0000 ryanpaulkelley 1184127@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I would rather use wordpress because it looks better but it doesn't seem to function as well as blogger.

]]> ryanpaulkelley on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184123 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:56:46 +0000 ryanpaulkelley 1184123@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://rogueknavery.blogspot.com/

This is how it should be spaced out.

]]> ryanpaulkelley on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184098 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:27:50 +0000 ryanpaulkelley 1184098@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm using Google Chrome 25, your links say that I have cookies enabled and am running the latest version of chrome. I have cleared my browser cache. I do not receive any error reports. I followed your instructions and enabled https but nothing is different.
The edit I'm trying to make is simply spacing out my paragraphs. When I go into preview I notice that the post is doing it's own spacing and not the spacing I edited it to have. When I update my post it reverts back into everything being squished together.
After going through your steps nothing has changed and I still am unable to edit my post.

]]> timethief on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184085 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:14:56 +0000 timethief 1184085@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Will you please help us help your by undertaking some troubleshooting and reporting your step by step results with us?

If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.

Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

If you are running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com please do these four things:

1. Try clearing your browser’s cache:

http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

2. Make sure that you have third-party cookies enabled: http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

3. Try with all browser extensions or add-ons temporarily disabled.

4. Try enabling HTTPS: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/

If it’s still happening, let us know which exactly browser (and version of it) you’re using by checking here if necessary http://www.whatbrowser.org/ and also post any error reports you get.

]]> ryanpaulkelley on "Wordpress Not Saving Edits" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-not-saving-edits#post-1184081 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:11:25 +0000 ryanpaulkelley 1184081@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I deleted my cache and tried using chrome and firefox but wordpress still won't allow me to save the changes I made to my post.

]]> justpi on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1171394 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:17:37 +0000 justpi 1171394@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome.
"I figured out that I don't actually need to go into preformatted". Right. It can produce various undesirable side effects. Better avoid using it and learn to use inline CSS.

]]> inexosino on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1171366 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:53:28 +0000 inexosino 1171366@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Actually, disregard that last question. After a little more tinkering I figured out that I don't actually need to go into preformatted to employ HTML. (Obvious answer is, alas, painfully obvious.)

Thanks for the help - it's much appreciated!

]]> inexosino on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1171346 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:33:20 +0000 inexosino 1171346@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Awesome. One last question, and I'll be out of your guys' hair - I've noticed that entering text in preformatted mode places it into a light gray box. Is there any way to get rid of this?

]]> justpi on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1171307 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:10:09 +0000 justpi 1171307@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See here, under "Single line indents":
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/formatting-text-pt-2/

]]> inexosino on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1171300 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:05:29 +0000 inexosino 1171300@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ From quickly skimming over HTML tag tables, can I safely assume that there is no tag for indents?

]]> timethief on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1171281 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:49:29 +0000 timethief 1171281@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 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/writing-and-formatting-poetry/

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 (Text) editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/

P.S. 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.

]]> inexosino on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1171241 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:23:59 +0000 inexosino 1171241@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hmm...I was hoping there was another way. The problem is, while enter + shift does make a single space, technically the text is still connected as part of the same paragraph - so if I wanted to try indenting a specific line, it would indent the entire piece.

]]> metan1 on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1170442 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:50:35 +0000 metan1 1170442@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The only way to change the spacing is to press enter and shift at the same time. (Thanks to Timethief for that hint)

]]> inexosino on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1170426 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:13:37 +0000 inexosino 1170426@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I should add, any way to preserve additional spacing would work just as well. Formatting poetry is a chore when tab indent is out of commission and WordPress has a habit of reverting extraneous spaces into one space.

]]> inexosino on "Getting rid of the default double-spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing#post-1170423 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:08:27 +0000 inexosino 1170423@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Title says it all. Is there any way to get rid of the default double-spacing when entering in a new line of text? Perhaps change it to single-space? It's driving me up a wall, to put things delicately.

]]> thistimethisspace on "How do I change double TO single line spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-double-to-single-line-spacing#post-1169681 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:38:33 +0000 thistimethisspace 1169681@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
This is timethief me logged in under my other username. It does work for me so I'm not clear why it does not work for you. There is no universal setting you can click to change this. You either do as instructed on each and every post or you accept the theme spacing as is ie. displaying as the themes designer coded it to display.

]]> kszwak on "How do I change double TO single line spacing?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-double-to-single-line-spacing#post-1169679 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:34:41 +0000 kszwak 1169679@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @timethief

I attempted to use the shift / enter that you suggested. However, working in the visual editor, it took my single spaced section and made it double space.

So, I'm still left with the same problem. I have lines that look single spaced in the visual editor but show up double spaced in the finished product. Is there a way to change this? I actually copied and pasted the information contained there and it's very inconsistent on the actual blog page when it singles and double spaces items.

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