WebMedley Hints and Tips #10
(Originally published May9th, 2003)
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Cut and Paste Like a Pro

The ability to 'cut and paste' is one of the most wonderful elements of electronic word processing.  Not having to re-type everything is a huge time saver and I can't imagine filling an entire Web site without doing at least a little cut and paste from somewhere.  However, when doing this for the first time, you may discover that what you've pasted doesn't always look like what you started with.  This article will explain how to cut and paste, why re-formatting can happen and what you can do to increase your chances of your 'cut and paste' process being smooth and seamless.  More...

Question of the Week: "Many Happy Returns" 

Q.) Every time I hit 'enter' WebMedley moves the cursor down two lines.  How do I single space my lines?

A.)   When you hit 'Enter' in an HTML setting it puts in this tag: <P> That tag means 'paragraph' in HTML.  A paragraph return goes down two lines.  You may have encountered this same phenomenon when replying to an HTML formatted email.  To override this you press SHIFT+ENTER. 

By holding down the shift key when hitting enter, HTML puts in a tag that looks like this: <BR>.  This tag refers to a break in the line.  A 'break' only goes down one line.  However, be warned that while you can apply different justification (left, right, center, etc.) to separate paragraphs, you cannot apply separate justification to breaks.  So, if you want a piece of text to be formatted differently than the piece above it, it will have to be separated with a full two-line paragraph return and not a single line break.

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