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How can we create line breaks in a way that they are respected by LinkedIn?

I'm using a Unix system (OS X). I found this answer, but I think there has to be a way of doing it without running a Live CD.

karel
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ozke
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If some people are reporting that it works on Linux, it's likely to be caused by the different line endings used by Windows.

At the end of a line:

  • Windows uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF, \r\n)
  • Linux uses line feed (LF, \n)
  • Mac uses carriage return (CR, \r)

These are leftovers from ye olden days of computing, which, if you're really interested in it, you can read more about on Wikipedia's newline article.

Anyway, if you use a more powerful text editor on your Windows computer, many will have the option of converting line-breaks to the different styles. Just off the top of my head, Notepad++ and Komodo Edit are two free editors which can do this.

nickf
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I give nickf's answer as valid as I found it very useful. However, keep in mind what Jil McElroy says (in the link I originally posted).

Be sure to review your Specialties in the "View My Profile" tab. For some reason, the "Edit my profile" tab does not format line breaks correctly.

ozke
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