How Do I Insert A Line Break To A Word Document Programatically?

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_{Monday, June 16, 2014 3:38 PM}

In Word 2010, adding a "\n" character to the text of a Range adds a paragraph break, which adds more space than a line break does. I have tried: "\n", "\u2028\n", '\r", and "\r\n" all of which seems to add a paragraph break. How can I add a line break (like when I press <shift-enter> manually in word)? I am using C# in Visual Studio 2013. Thank you in advance for the help.

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_{Monday, June 16, 2014 8:53 PM ✅Answered}

After several hours of experimentation and research, I managed to figure it out! The vertical tab character "\v" did the trick. While I'm not sure if it's "technically" the same as a line break, it appears to make the exact same amount of space as one, so it works for my purposes.

_{Tuesday, June 17, 2014 3:28 AM | 2 votes}

A manual line break in Word is created via Chr(11).

Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]