Using hard and soft returns

You can change the text flow in a document by using hard or soft returns. You can start a new line manually by inserting a hard return. A soft return wraps text to the next line and is inserted automatically by WordPerfect when the line extends beyond the right margin.


To insert a hard return

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At the end of a line or paragraph, press Enter.

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A hard return displays as an [HRt] code in the Reveal Codes window. For more information about Reveal Codes, see “Using Reveal Codes.”
 
You can also view hard returns by clicking View WordPerfect Office onestep Using hard and soft returns Show ¶.

To insert a soft return

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As you type, WordPerfect automatically inserts a soft return at the end of each line.

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A soft return displays as an [SRt] code in the Reveal Codes window. For more information about Reveal Codes, see “Using Reveal Codes.”

Using hard and soft returns