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Although not always necessary, line breaks may be necessary to make an article look better, or to format an article. This article explains how to add a line break to a wikiHow article.

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    Click on "Advanced Editing." Note: A line break is a "soft" break: it does not start a new numbered step.
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    Type <br>.
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    Repeating <br>will add blank lines. Typing <br><br>adds another line (a blank line).
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    Observe the effect and you are done -- example: adding two lines spaces here:

    That was easy, now wasn't it?
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    See that the numbering continues in sequence.
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    Finished.
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