# TextField "Reading" Para Returns from External

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-reading-para-returns-from-external/227149
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 27, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-reading-para-returns-from-external/227149 "2007-05-27T19:28:39Z")
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### Author: ![will\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@will\_s](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/will_s)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-reading-para-returns-from-external/227149/1 "2007-05-27T19:28:39Z")

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I have an external text file that is styled with HTML and also picks up CSS styles from an external file once loaded into a dynamic text field.

It works great–too great.

I want to put paragraph returns in the text file–just so I can see better where I’m at!

Trouble is, the text showing up in the field actually has those para returns in it!

I thought HTML text ignored para returns.

What giveth?

How can I have my returns and have them ignored too?