Line break
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Line break may refer to:
- Line break (poetry)Line break (poetry)A line break in poetry is when the line of a poem ceases to extend, and a new line starts; within the standard conventions of Western literature, this is usually but not always at the left margin...
, a literary device - Hard returnHard returnA hard return is a paragraph break in a word processor. It differs from a soft return in that it starts a new paragraph. Besides affecting the document statistics, this means that:*Often, extra space and a first line indent will be inserted....
or paragraph break, in word processing - Line breaking or word wrap, a word processing feature
- Soft returnSoft returnIn word processing and text-oriented markup languages the term soft return can mean a line break due to word wrapping. Alternatively it can mean a stored line break that is not a paragraph break. For example, it is common to print postal addresses in a multiple-line format, but the several lines...
, the point where wrapping occurs
- Soft return
- Line break (computing) or newline, an indicator of the end of a line of text