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• Method 1 of 3: With html
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This wikiHow teaches you how to put spaces and hyphenation rules in HTML. Placing two spaces in html only results in one space on the page, so you need an HTML tag to place multiple spaces.

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Method 1 of 3: With html

1. Open an HTML document. You can edit an HTML document with a text editor such as NotePad or TextEdit for Windows. You can also use an HTML editor such as Adobe Dreamweaver. Use the following steps to open an HTML document.
   • Go to the HTML document in the Explorer on Windows or the Finder on a Mac.
   • Right-click on the HTML document you want to edit.
   • Place the mouse pointer on Open with.
   • Click on the program with which you want to edit the document.
2. Press spacebar to add a regular space. To add a regular space, click where you want to add the space and press the space bar. Normally, HTML will display only one space between words, no matter how many times you press the space bar.
3. Open an HTML or CSS document. CSS can be applied in the header of an HTML document, or it can be written as an external CSS document.
   • The header of an HTML document is at the top of the file. It's between the head> and / head> tags.
4. Open an HTML document. You can edit an HTML document with a text editor such as NotePad or TextEdit on Windows. You can also use an HTML editor such as Adobe Dreamweaver. Use the following steps to open an HTML document.
   • Go to the HTML document in File Explorer on Windows or the Finder on Mac.
   • Right-click on the HTML document you want to edit.
   • Place the mouse pointer on Open with.
   • Click on the program with which you want to edit the document.
5. Type / pre> after the text. This will close your preformatted text section.

Tips

• If your spaces become strange symbols in the web browser, it is most likely caused by additional data stored in the word processing format that is not intended for online viewing. Avoid this by using a plain text editor such as Notepad or TextEdit.
• CSS is the most powerful and predictable way to format your page, including text spacing.
• The non-breaking space is an example of a character entity, which is a code that refers to a character that you cannot type on your keyboard.

Warnings

• The HTML character for Tab ↹ doesn't work as you might think. A standard HTML document has no tab stops, so the tab character does nothing.
• Always write your HTML in a code editor or in a plain text file, not in a word processor.