How to Enter Paragraph Breaks in Dreamweaver
When brainstorming what to put on your Web page, you may find yourself wanting to cram as much information into the visible page as possible to prevent users from having to scroll and possible surf off onto another website. Take your readers' eyes and attention spans into account and give them a few breaks in the text by adding Dreamweaver paragraph breaks. A paragraph break lets a little bit of white space surround your words and gives readers pause to get ready to continue on with your site. Adding paragraph breaks in Dreamweaver is similar to how you would add them in a word processing document.
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Open Dreamweaver. Click the "Open..." link on the splash screen. Browse to the page to add the paragraph breaks into and double-click the name of the file.
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Scroll to the place in the document to add the first paragraph break and click the cursor. Verify you have not clicked in the middle of a hyperlink.
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Press "Enter." Any text that was to the right of the cursor now wraps around to start on a new line.
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Click the "Code" button under the tab at the top-left of the Dreamweaver working space.
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Look for the <p> </p> code, symbolizing a paragraph break. This is HTML code and you only see it on the Code tab, not the Design tab. This step is optional and is just a way to see parts of your page "behind the scenes."
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Click the "Design" tab. Continue adding paragraph breaks where required.
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