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Removing line breaks?

  1. topazbean
    Member

    I'm usually fine with there being line breaks between paragraphs, but I'm currently trying to quote part of a poem in my blog post, and it doesn't look right if there are breaks between each line. This is what it looks like so far:

    http://topazbean.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/calling-michael-jackson-the-greatest-entertainer-who-ever-lived-may-only-be-a-matter-of-opinion-but-it-is-a-valid-one/

    Does anyone know if I can remove them, or is it part of the theme to always put them in?

    The blog I need help with is topazbean.wordpress.com.

  2. 1tess
    Moderator

    topazbean

    Visual Editor: Instead of just pressing return at the end of each line, hold down the shift key and press return.
    HTML Editor: type the line, press return, type next line, etc.

  3. husdal
    Member

    I just had a look at your source code...Did you copy and paste this from MS Word (or any other text editor) by any chance? Next time: In the Visual Editor, use the little 'T' icon to paste as plain text, or use the 'W' icon to paste from MS Word, that strips off all the formatting.

  4. topazbean
    Member

    I didn't use Word, and in HTML editor I have just pressed return once and continued writing, which usually works, and that's why I'm so confused about it not happening here.

  5. topazbean
    Member

    The problem seems to be coming where I try and increase the indent for the second line. Nothing I do seems to get rid of the automatic line break while keeping the indent.

  6. 1tess
    Moderator

    It must be the paragraph tags. Use this model instead:

    <div style="padding-left:2.5em;">
TEXT_HERE
</div>

    More info here:
    http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/formatting-text-pt-2/

    From your source code:

    <p style="margin-left:70px;"><em>What thou lovest well remains,</em></p>
<p style="margin-left:100px;"><em>The rest is dross</em></p>
<p style="margin-left:70px;"><em>What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee</em></p>
<p style="margin-left:70px;"><em>What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage</em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Ezra Pound, <em>Pisan Cantos</em>, LXXXI</p>

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