Whenever I type something within Dreamweaver and I press enter, it always leaves one line empty and goes to the next one. Is there a wey to be able to go down to the next line? (Like in MS Word)

Change the view to "split" so that you can see what the code is actually doing.
When you press the enter key, it creates a new paragraph or "<p>some text</p>"

Try pressing Shift + Enter, that will insert text like so: Some text<br>

Its always a good idea to learn what's going on behind the scenes, Dreamweaver isn't perfect.

As mentioned above you have to look at the code to see what actually happens when you hit enter. If you look at the code you should have only one "nbsp" tag representing the return. If you have two, remove one.

finesse, I think Elite was refering to makeing the text go to the next line, this can be acomplished with the <br> tag "&nbsp;" creates a space between words

There are also settings in the preferences where you can tell DW what you want it to do. DW by default does put in paragraphs when you hit the Enter key.

I would stay away from non-breaking spaces and slews of <br>'s... messy coding that can be mostly eliminated by using CSS to space out your content.

Have to admit I have never used DW, but FrontPage does the same thing. The way we bypass this is Shift+Enter. Not sure if DW will respond the same.

How do you use CSS with dw? Why is it good at spacing out images and content?

Originally Posted by finesse

How do you use CSS with dw? Why is it good at spacing out images and content?

CSS allows you to define, amongst other things, spacing between paragraphs and images. I don't use DW myself but read the DW help files for CSS or Style sheets.

DW's probably not actually adding a line. It's just a big space between paragraphs.

In an application like Word, most people just hit Enter twice to give extra space between paragraphs. Instead of using the old typewriter-type spacing, one should set up styles. (You can do this, I think, from the Format > Styles menu in Frontpage, or in the CSS of DW).

Pay particular attention to the "Space before" and/or "Space After" settings. These are what add space between carriage returns. Adding more space between paragraphs than what exists between lines makes it easier to read.

If you want the spaces between lines to be the same, whether in the middle of or at the beginning of a paragraph, you can use SHIFT+ENTER. Keep in mind, though, that you can't apply paragraph formatting this way - it'll apply to your entire page. SHIFT+ENTER is designed to create line breaks within paragraphs - for the times when you don't want hyphenation, so you move text to the next line, though it's really not a paragraph change.

Within DW (and FP, I believe), the spacing is a lot larger in the editor than it is on the actual page. Preview it often.

Originally Posted by AMysticWeb

Have to admit I have never used DW, but FrontPage does the same thing. The way we bypass this is Shift+Enter. Not sure if DW will respond the same.

Yeah i use fp to, but i am gunna switch to dw soon. lol
Another way in fp is; format -> Paragraph -> spacing. this lets you ajust the spacing before and after each word. Probably not the same in dw.