what is a hard return?

Answer 1

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http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/hard_return.html

Answer 2

In MS Word, a "hard return" uses character 13 (Chr(13) = Carriage Return." A "soft return" uses character 10 (Chr(10)).

In an actual "old school" typewriter, two actions actually occur when you hit the "return" bar: 1) the carriage is returned to the beginning of the line and 2) the roller roles one line and you get a "line feed" to roll down to the next line.

In Word, the "hard return" starts a new paragraph. The "soft return" starts a new line within the same paragraph so that you get the same paragraph formatting without any of the "space after" line spacing formatting.

Answer 3

Coming home to your parents' house after being away at college 3 years. That is a HARD return!

Answer 4

in typing a hard return, is hitting the RETURN (enter) key to move the typing to a new line early, before it reaches the end of a line naturally while typing away.
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it come from old typewriters or word processors . it would be called a
HARD CARRIAGE RETURN.

Answer 5

where you press the enter or return key, a soft return is when the computer automatically goes to the next line.

Answer 6

whenever you end a staement, for C++ it's a colon ;