Why does email double space every time I hit the return? Very annoying.
Like others above, I often add a closing with name,address and phone #. Now it always comes out double spaced between each line which looks bizarre. Never use to do this.
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In earlier versions of Thunderbird, the Enter key inserted a line break rather than creating a new paragraph. Now Enter creates a new paragraph and Shift+Enter inserts a break between lines in the same paragraph. This was changed to conform with the way most HTML editors work now.
If you prefer the old way, there is a checkbox for that in the Options/Preferences dialog, which you can open from the menu:
Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Thunderbird menu) > Preferences
Along the top row of the dialog, click the icon for Composition, then below that, make sure the General mini-tab is displayed.
At the bottom of the HTML section, uncheck the box next to "When using paragraph format, the enter key creates a new paragraph" and click OK to save the change.
Success?
Some screen shots other users have posted in case a picture is worth more than the above words:
https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/media/uploads/images/2016-05-02-22-59-34-93ae69.png
https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/media/uploads/images/2016-04-26-19-35-55-46d3f6.png
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In earlier versions of Thunderbird, the Enter key inserted a line break rather than creating a new paragraph. Now Enter creates a new paragraph and Shift+Enter inserts a break between lines in the same paragraph. This was changed to conform with the way most HTML editors work now.
If you prefer the old way, there is a checkbox for that in the Options/Preferences dialog, which you can open from the menu:
Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Thunderbird menu) > Preferences
Along the top row of the dialog, click the icon for Composition, then below that, make sure the General mini-tab is displayed.
At the bottom of the HTML section, uncheck the box next to "When using paragraph format, the enter key creates a new paragraph" and click OK to save the change.
Success?
Some screen shots other users have posted in case a picture is worth more than the above words:
https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/media/uploads/images/2016-05-02-22-59-34-93ae69.png
https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/media/uploads/images/2016-04-26-19-35-55-46d3f6.png