# The Enter (or Return) Key

When you are writing a new document or a new part in a document, you can create elements sequentially by pressing the ENTER (or RETURN) key. The current element is terminated and a new one is created immediately after.

Most often, the new element created is simply a paragraph, whatever the type of the previous element. You can change the element type by selecting the desired type from the Types menu or by clicking the corresponding button.

When a <pre>formatted element is at the end of the document and the cursor is at the end of that element, hitting the Enter key creates a new line in the <pre>. To create another element, say a paragraph, after the <pre>, you have to select the whole <pre> element with the ESC key (Linux) or the F2 key (Windows) and to press Enter.

In the same way, you can create a new paragraph after the table by selecting the whole table and pressing Enter.

When a whole element like <h2> or <li> is selected the Enter key creates a new <h2> or <li> after.

## See Also:

- Creating Nested Structures
- Creating Elements