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Paragraph break

When writing text in Confluence, a continuous line of text with two carriage returns at its end forms a paragraph in its own right. This is equivalent to a continuous line of text followed by a blank line.
When rendered into HTML, the result is a line of text 'wrapped' in a set of <p></p> tags.

Line break

Confluence also provides two options for forcing a line break within a paragraph of text either implicitly, by entering a single carriage return at its end or explicitly, by entering two consecutive backslashes (\\).
When rendered into HTML, the result is a paragraph of text split into separate lines by <br> tags, wherever a forced line break appears.

For most purposes, explicit line breaks are not required because a single carriage return will often suffice. However, the examples below show how explicit line breaks can be used.

What you need to type What you will get
here is some text
\\
divided \\
using line \\ \\
breaks
here is some text
divided
using line

breaks
This is a short list:
* Point 1
Text to go with point 1
* Point 2 \\ \\
Text to go with point 2 with a break
This is a short list:
  • Point 1
    Text to go with point 1
  • Point 2

    Text to go with point 2 with a break
If you wish to use multiple consecutive line breaks, each should be separated by a space character. For example, use \\ \\ for two consecutive line breaks.

Horizontal ruler

Use four dashes (----) to create a horizontal ruler.

Make sure that the dashes are in a separate line from the text.

What you need to type What you will get
here is some text
----
divided by a horizontal ruler
here is some text

divided by a horizontal ruler

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