need help with leading in text box

when writing text in Dreamweaver the spacing between lines when I hit enter is too large. How can i change the size of the space?

On Sep 26, 3:40*pm, "whuzthere" <webforumsu... (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

when writing text in Dreamweaver the spacing between lines when I hit enter is too large. How can i change the size of the space?

Use CSS to define your line height and your font, etc. You can control
it right down to the pixel.

When you hit Enter you are starting a new paragraph. The spacing you see is
the margin set for the paragraph, either top, bottom or both. You can adjust
it to your liking using the margin property in CSS.

And, you should not use Enter to end a line; just keep typing and the text
will wrap naturally based on the width of the container. Different browsers
will render text at least slightly differently and visitors may have their
text set to larger or smaller sizes. Using Enter to end lines can produce
some very weird looks and make reading more difficult.

--

Walt


"whuzthere" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

when writing text in Dreamweaver the spacing between lines when I hit
enter is too large. How can i change the size of the space?

On Sep 26, 6:40*pm, "whuzthere" <webforumsu... (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

when writing text in Dreamweaver the spacing between lines when I hit enter is too large. How can i change the size of the space?

try shift+enter, it will be a line break instead of a new paragraph.

Hold the shift key when hitting enter, you will go down to the next line and
not skip one.

Gary


"Walt F. Schaefer" <walt (AT) waltswebworx (DOT) com> wrote

When you hit Enter you are starting a new paragraph. The spacing you see
is the margin set for the paragraph, either top, bottom or both. You can
adjust it to your liking using the margin property in CSS.

And, you should not use Enter to end a line; just keep typing and the text
will wrap naturally based on the width of the container. Different
browsers will render text at least slightly differently and visitors may
have their text set to larger or smaller sizes. Using Enter to end lines
can produce some very weird looks and make reading more difficult.

--

Walt


"whuzthere" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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when writing text in Dreamweaver the spacing between lines when I hit
enter is too large. How can i change the size of the space?

Rarely a good idea for general use. As I already suggested, different
browsers, font size settings and available fonts can produce some really
ugly and hard to read text blocks.

--

Walt


"GPaul" <gwpaul (AT) ptd (DOT) net> wrote

Hold the shift key when hitting enter, you will go down to the next line
and not skip one.

Gary


"Walt F. Schaefer" <walt (AT) waltswebworx (DOT) com> wrote in message
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When you hit Enter you are starting a new paragraph. The spacing you see
is the margin set for the paragraph, either top, bottom or both. You can
adjust it to your liking using the margin property in CSS.

And, you should not use Enter to end a line; just keep typing and the
text will wrap naturally based on the width of the container. Different
browsers will render text at least slightly differently and visitors may
have their text set to larger or smaller sizes. Using Enter to end lines
can produce some very weird looks and make reading more difficult.

--

Walt


"whuzthere" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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when writing text in Dreamweaver the spacing between lines when I hit
enter is too large. How can i change the size of the space?