Trouble adding returns in a text field?

[jjfcpa]

I have a text field that I am typing text into. There are probably 5 or 6 paragraphs of information. Every once in a while, when I hit the return key to add a new field, it thinks that I am done entering text. I do NOT have the enter or return key enable to advance to the next field.

When I click back in the field to trying and add more text, every time I hit the return key it saves the text and will not allow me to add more text to it.

Occasionally, I've been able to hold down the shift, ctrl, or command key and been able to enter a return and then enter more text, but now I've come to the point where I can't no matter what I try.

Is there a fix for this?

[jjfcpa]

I think I may have figured it out.

I think you hold down the ALT key and press the return key. I was using the return on the numeric key pad and this was not working, but I just tried it with the return key on the main section of the keyboard and that worked.

Is this the right thing to do?

[Vaughan]

ON a PC the key on the main keyboard and the numeric keypad are named the same. On a Mac they are named return and enter respectively.

The enter key usually resumes a paused script or moves to the next field. Return starts a new line.