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===Newlines===

{{see|Wikipedia:Don'tLine usebreaks line breaksusage|Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Controlling line breaks}}

{{shortcut|H:PARAGRAPH}}

There are several ways to force [[newline|line breaks]] and [[hard return|paragraph breaks]] in the text. The simplest method is by inserting newlines; for example:

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{{shortcut|H:BR}}{{anchor|<br> or <br />|br|br/|br /}}

<code><nowiki><br></nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki><br ></nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki><br/></nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code>

The [[MediaWiki]] software uses any of them for a single forced line break. All of them are converted to {{tag|br|s}} in the HTML that browsers read.

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}}

The example below includes fivefour forms, including the invalid <code><nowiki></br></nowiki></code>, that are rendered as line breaks and two that display as plain text.

<div style="display:inline-table; border: 2px solid limevar(--border-color-content-added); padding: 0.5em;">

'''Wiki source'''

<nowiki>One <br>Two <br >Three </br/>Four <br />Five < br />Six </ br>Seven </ br>Eight</nowiki>

</div>

<div style="display:inline-table; border: 2px solid limevar(--border-color-content-added); padding: 0.5em;">

'''Rendered result'''

One <br>Two <br >Three </br/>Four <br />Five < br />Six </ br>Seven </ br>Eight

</div>

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== Preventing and controlling word wraps ==

{{Nutshell|title=This section|To prevent word wraps use <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> in place of each space,; and oruse <code>&amp;#8209;</code> in place of aeach hyphen. For more complex cases, see below.}}

There are several ways to prevent word wraps (line wraps) from occurring in unwanted places. This is an overview of when to use which method.

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== See also ==

* [[metamw:HelpManual:Newlines and spaces]]

* {{tl|break}}

* {{tl|clear}}