Now let me try ending with a " " Second para. " " third.

I still can't add a blank line. Let me try control M right here next.

Now let me try ending with a " "

Second para. "                       "

third.

Use "ADD REPLY" link at the top to get more control over your formatting.

Okay I'm trying" " but I don't think " " it will work.

Something else is going on, because I typed the same thing as you, but obviously, didn't get the same results.

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I am using the add reply button. I'm also using IE 8.

Let me try this.

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I think I figured it out.

If this works I'll tell you how I did it.

Okay, I heard other say that they thought it had somethingto do with IE 8. So, I started thinking it must be a setting. At the top of IE I clicked on Tools --> Compatibility View. And that took care of the problem!