1. „A non-paragraph line break, which is a soft return, is inserted using shift-enter or via the menus, and is provided for cases when the text should start on a new line but none of the other side effects of starting a new paragraph are desired.”
2. „A hard return is a paragraph break in a word processor. It differs from a soft return in that it starts a new paragraph. ”
AND
„In most word processors, word wrap is handled automatically, meaning that manual soft returns are rarely if ever needed, so pressing Enter starts a new paragraph.”

A se vedea si:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_wrap


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Note added at 2 óra (2011-01-20 16:10:21 GMT)
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Soft return = LF (ANSI code 10)
Hard return = CRLF (ANSI code 13)

Impartirea pe linii pe care o vedem de obicei pe ecran (in editor) nu este nici una din cele de mai sus, ci „simple line wrapping”, caz in care nu se stocheaza in fisier nici unul din codurile de mai sus.