

For example, in HTML there is a tag that has the same purpose as the soft return in word processors described above. In text-oriented markup languages, a soft return is typically offered as a markup tag. A non-paragraph line break, which is a soft return, is inserted using ⇧ Shift+ ↵ Enter or via the menus, and is provided for cases when the text should start on a new line but none of the other side effects of starting a new paragraph are desired. Formatting settings, such as first-line indentation or spacing between paragraphs, take effect where the carriage return marks the break. In the contemporary graphical word processors Microsoft Word and, users are expected to type a carriage return ( ↵ Enter) between each paragraph. Line breaks are needed to divide the words of the address into lines of the appropriate length. For example, it is common to print postal addresses in a multiple-line format, but the several lines are understood to be a single paragraph.
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Manual soft breaks are unnecessary when word wrap is done automatically, so hitting the "Enter" key usually produces a hard return.Īlternatively, "soft return" can mean an intentional, stored line break that is not a paragraph break. Soft wrapping allows line lengths to adjust automatically with adjustments to the width of the user's window or margin settings, and is a standard feature of all modern text editors, word processors, and email clients. With a hard return, paragraph-break formatting can (and should) be applied (either indenting or vertical whitespace).

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