Single Spacing & Other Tasks

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Have you ever tried to single space on Medium?

I write poetry, I am new to Medium, and not totally computer illiterate so I was a bit shocked when I first attempted to write a poem and was unable to figure out how to single space. I suppose part of the challenge and beauty in life is that we are always learning and there is no way to know everything about everything or even a little about everything because, well, it’s just impossible. So why do I think I can at times? Another story for another day.

Back to single spacing…

First I tried on my Apple iPad mini and had asked a seasoned Medium poet, John Hansen, how on earth to single space. Being a kind person with thousands of followers and not annoyed by my newbie question, lo and behold he answered my question! But what we didn’t know is that the Apple iPad mini would ONLY work with a SEPARATE keyboard. The on screen keyboard will not work.

Summating I was not the only new writer that needed answers to these mysteries, I decided to have Discovery Sunday and make up a list of “HOW TO’s” for new writers.

Below is a list of the basics I have figured out thus far. Feel free to comment, add to, or correct…we are all in this together! (I used the “quotation”…