WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Getting rid of the default double-spacing? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/getting-rid-of-the-default-double-spacing WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Getting rid of the default double-spacing? en Wed, 22 May 2013 23:08:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 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.

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