To insert a single line break between text requires the use of the <br /> tag. The effects of using the <br /> tag is equivalent to single spacing within a word processing document. The <br /> tag is also used to break a line of text at a particular point in a paragraph within the document. The <br /> tag does not have a closing tag.
Placing the line break tag here
<br />
would allows this sentence to be broken at the
point of its insertion.
Without the <br /> tag, the sentence would be displayed as follows:
Placing the line break tag here would allows this sentence to be broken at the point of its insertion.
Note: To conform to new HTML standards always include a / within any opening tag that does not have a closing tag (i.e <br />).
A horizontal rule line, like the one directly above this sentence, causes a line break in addition to inserting a horizontal rule in a Web document. Inserting a horizontal rule requires the use of the <hr /> tag.
Note: Like the <br /> tag, the <hr /> tag does not have a closing tag.