Paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines - Formatting

You can add paragraphs and line breaks to:

• NHS App messages
• emails
• letters

You can add horizontal lines to emails, to create separate sections.

Add a paragraph

To add a paragraph to NHS App messages or emails, use a blank line between each paragraph. For example:

To add paragraphs to letters, use the style Normal in the template for body text.

Paragraphs can be split across 2 pages. If you do not want a paragraph to run over different pages, add a page break in Microsoft Word before the paragraph:

1. Select Insert
2. Select Pages
3. Select Page break

Add a line break

To add line breaks to NHS App messages or emails, use 2 spaces at the end of each line. Copy this example to add line breaks to NHS App messages and emails:

Add a horizontal line

Use a horizontal line to create separate sections in emails.

To add a horizontal line between 2 paragraphs, use 3 dashes. Leave one empty line space after the first paragraph. For example: