<p>I can't get indents to show up in my essay. Is there a way to put them in? My short answer is 2 paragraphs but there are also no idents and a blank line separating them (and I didn't have it in when I pasted into the form). This is when I preview it BTW.</p>
<p>Just put an extra line in between paragraphs. That's what most people I've talked to do on the commonapp. I'm not sure if there is a way to indent.</p>
<p>Type your essay out in Word, include all the indents and whatnot. Then just copy and paste it into the essay box. Be careful though, since the formatting you see in Word may not work out the same way in the online application. If I were you, I'd just do what zogoto said. :)</p>
<p>I typed it all out in Word but when I pasted it in there weren't any indents. Yeah, I'll put in an extra line between paragraphs. The strange thing is that when I pasted my short answer in from word, there was a line inbetween without me even putting it there. Common App really has to do a better job here :P</p>
<p>luckybob, that was there because you put a space after the last character in the previous paragraph. Just delete that space and it'll be fine.</p>
<p>I wondered about this, too, but figured out that the indents show up if you paste the essay into a simple text document, then indent. Copy the simple text essay and paste it into the common app site.</p>
<p>Does it really matter? I think most colleges recognize that the formatting for online apps is a bit quirky. I wouldn't worry about it. Just skip a line.</p>
<p>will using a space bar work?</p>
<p>It used to work if you export your WORD file to a text file first and then cut and paste. Does it not work any more?</p>
<p>Yeah a lot of people care a lot about format, but guys, these are adcoms. They read so many applications a year. They can look past formatting quirks.</p>