Re: New Line/CR
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- Subject: [mg58140] Re: New Line/CR
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:49:24 -0400 (EDT)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
shadwe1l wrote: > I have been writing up a homework assignment in Mathematica 5.1. The file > contains natural form equations, graphs, and blocks of text. I had been > using the return key not attached to the keypad (labelled as enter on my > laptop) to get new lines / new paragraphs in my text cells, when for no > apparent reason it stopped working. Now all I get when pressing return is > a beep. The only way I can get a new line is to go to Format > Show > Expression, insert "\n" at the desired point, and revert the expression to > its previous form. Can anyone out there give me any idea what I did do > suddenly lose the functionality of my return key? Any ideas on how to fix? > > (Computer is 2005 HP Laptop,running XP Pro, no intentional or obvious > changes to any software or configuration before or since problem started.) > > Thanks very much, > Alex > VT Engineering Student > It sounds as though your shift key might have stuck down. Shift return means execute, and if you try to execute a text cell you get a beep. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk