Title: Space between paragraphs
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Space between paragraphs

 *  [fd.vintagealice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fdvintagealice/)
 * (@fdvintagealice)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/)
 * Hi
 * I have written a new post and when I hit return twice, to create a new paragraph,
   the space between the paragraphs is too big.
 * I have searched the forums and found responses on this topic, but as a complete
   beginner to WordPress, I’m afraid they don’t make much sense to me.
 * Can someone explain, in an idiot guide format, how I go about changing this?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Borko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/media-x/)
 * (@media-x)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/#post-3898107)
 * Can you post the link (URL) to your site so we can check?
 *  Thread Starter [fd.vintagealice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fdvintagealice/)
 * (@fdvintagealice)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/#post-3898109)
 * Sorry, here is an example.
 * This is a site I am working on from scratch, but I do also work with WordPress
   for some of my company work, but this is managed by someone else in the main.
 * Here’s a test post:
 * [http://www.vintage-alice.co.uk/?p=6](http://www.vintage-alice.co.uk/?p=6)
 * The gap between one and two will be fine for a lot of my work, but for some I’d
   like to have a proper paragraph gap.
 * As you can see, the gap between two and three is rather large, and I’d like to
   be able to reduce it, in the same way as you can if you’re using Word, for example.
 * Thanks
 *  [Borko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/media-x/)
 * (@media-x)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/#post-3898110)
 * Please,switch from Visual to Text tab and delete the ` `. It causes the empty
   space you see between paragraphs 2&3
 *     ```
       <p>First paragraph</p>
       <p>Second paragraph</p>
       <p> </p>
       <p>Third paragraph</p>
       ```
   
 * Edit: if you’re copy/pasting from MS Word, try the Paste from Word button. I 
   would recommend writing in Notepad or Notepad++ because when you copy the text
   it doesn’t transfer all the funky formating like from Word.
 *  Thread Starter [fd.vintagealice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fdvintagealice/)
 * (@fdvintagealice)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/#post-3898111)
 * Thanks, but I do want a bigger gap between 2&3 than there is between 1&2… how
   do I achieve that, without the gap being as excessive as it currently is?
 *  [Borko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/media-x/)
 * (@media-x)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/#post-3898123)
 * Try removing `<p>` around the `&nbsp`; (in the text tab)
    That way you will avoid
   the 20px bottom margin on your paragraphs (your theme setting).
 *  Thread Starter [fd.vintagealice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fdvintagealice/)
 * (@fdvintagealice)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/#post-3898127)
 * There isn’t a <p> around the   from what I can see?

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/space-between-paragraphs-8/#post-3898127)
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