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Question on Formatting
1 points by mduffy_austin 1301 days ago
Does each new line begin a new paragraph? Or do you have to add a blank line to start a new paragraph?

If the two lines above do not run together in one paragraph, the answer is a new line starts a new paragraph.

If there is an empty line after the second paragraph ("Or do you..."), then a blank line shows as a blank line. If there is one blank line above this paragraph, then two blank lines are required. . If there is one line with a dot above this paragraph, then that can be used as a paragraph separator.

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It looks like a blank line (and not just a new line) is required to separate paragraphs. \n Will a backslash and n start a new line?