How to increase spacing between paragraphs in Crystal Reports PDF

Question

I have a report that I'm exporting to PDF using the VS2008 version of Crystal Reports. There is a field that displays a product description that contains HTML data pulled from my database so I've set Text Interpretation to HTML for the field. The text displays fine with all the appropriate HTML formatting, however, there is only a single line-space between paragraphs. I've tried adding multiple <p> and multiple <br> tags to increase the spacing but this does not work. How can I increase the spacing between paragraphs in an HTML field that I'm exporting to PDF?

Answer 1

After a little messing around, try using this for a line break &nbsp;<br>

Answer 2

I had the same problem. the following step fix the issue

In my case the field is in "Details" Section of a SubReport. Crystal Report version is X1 R2.

Step 1. Select the SubReport, right click and select "Edit SubReport" option Step 2. Select the Section Expert of the Details Section in the SubReport. Step 3. Select the Layout tab Step 4. Change the Vertical (Gap Between Details) as 0.109 cm Step 5. Select Printing Direction as "Down then Across"
Step 6. Select option "Format Groups with multiple column Step 7. Press Ok and save the SubReport / Main Report

By doing this i can see the space between the paragraphs for the field which has interpretation as "HTML TEXT"