How do I make a soft return?

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Are you referring to a line break? Shift+Enter; note that this does not start a new paragraph, styles from the existing paragraph will continue to apply after the break until the next paragraph break.

Use Ctrl+F10 - or View | Non printing Characters to see the breaks - Pilcrow or end of paragraph ¶ Line break ↵

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