Just as with a word processor, press the Return key only at the end of a list item or a paragraph.  Again because these pages are going to be seen with different systems, they will appear differently to people with different sized monitors.

A test to be sure you haven't pressed any extra returns is to change the size of your window to make it narrow.

Here is a sample that looks fine in a wide window:

But in a narrow window you can see that the author hit the Return key at the end of each line, resulting in weird line breaks.

Because the screens will appear differently it is best to not use traditional indenting.  To do traditional indenting correctly you need to insert an invisible image at the start of each paragraph.  It's a lot of work and probably not worth it for our purposes. Graphics will be covered later in the course.

For now, please use block paragraphs in your web pages. Don't try to indent the first line.

Rules:  press the Return or Enter key only at the end of a paragraph, do not press the space bar or tab to indent a paragraph.  Double space instead - use block paragraphs.

If you have paragraph(s) that you would like to indent, then select the text and use the increase indent option.  In Composer this is an option under the Format menu or  can clicked on the ruler. 

Extra spacing will appear between the indented text and the rest of the file.

Rule:  Do not press the space bar or the tab  to indent text.  Use the increase indent option.

Bullets are easy in most web editors.  In Composer you type the list select text and pull down the Format menu to List to Bulleted, or you can select the text and click on .  The bullets will appear in front of each item on the list.

Two Kinds of Lists:

• Bulleted - asd fa fa sdf asdf asd fas df asdf asd fa fa sdf asdf as dfa dsf asdf as df asd asd fas df asdf asd fa sd
• adfasdd a df adf asd fa sdf adf a sdf
• adfadfasdfadfadf
• adsfadfadfasdfasdfasd
• fasdfasdfasdfasdfadfadfad
• Numbered 

Rule:  Use bullets and indenting to add meaning and variety to your pages.

Numbered lists are a little different as the numbers do not appear in the editing area.  The technique is the same as for making a bulleted list - except click on the 

You will save a lot of time editing by using block paragraphs and using the bullet and number features of your web editor. 

Again do not try to edit your web pages by pressing Return and pressing the space bar. Text will appear in different fonts and in different sizes on the various web users who will see your page.  Use the features of the web editor so your page will be viewed correctly:
First, to correct you would need to go in and erase the extra spaces and the numbers that had been manually entered.
Second, select the text and click on the numbering icon. The number signs will appear. To see the numbers you must save the file and then pull down File to Browse.  This option will show you what your page will appear on the web.
This is how the page will appear on the web. (In these examples I have pulled the window in so I could display the entire lines - when pulled out the lines will be formatted correctly as I deleted the extra returns.)
NOTE:  I think it usually looks better and is easier to read when the items in a list are double spaced. To do this you need to put your cursor at the end of each line and press Shift-Return.  That inserts soft return and the numbering will be correct.

Rules:  Take your time when using the numbering option.  Be sure to check out how the text appears in your browser before uploading.  If you are putting other paragraphs between the numbered points it will be easier to just type the number out and to forget using the auto number option.