Is it possible to create a new line under the line already there in the shortcuts sections of Settings.app?
I want to have
Best wishes,
Andreas
Not Best Wishes, Andreas
Does anyone know how to create a line under the first line?
You need to type it in another app and then copy and paste it into Settings. This used to only work on macOS but recently iOS started preserving line breaks too.
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Thank you Rose!!
I originally discovered that trick when I had a Mac. Then I would use TextExpander to populate field and that would preserve line breaks.
But good news! Thanks! 
Hi Rose
I just tried it. I can’t really seem to get it to work. Am I missing something?
The only way I could get this to work was to create it on my Mac and then, when it sync’ed to my iPad, voila! I infer, though, that you don’t have a Mac 
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Yes. That’s what I did originally but now I want to create some more
If you already have at least one multi-line example on your iOS device, could you copy it and then edit it?
OK, I’ve got it. You need a better text editor, neither Notes nor Pages will do it. I downloaded the free app Koder and created the phrase there, then copy and paste as @RosemaryOrchard suggested.
Drafts won’t do? Okay I will try that. Seems strange
Do you have a link to that app that you mentioned?
That did the trick!! Thanks a lot
Hmm it seems a bit intermittent and not working 100% of the time. Now I can’t get it to work at all. Does it work every time with you?
You have to hit the space bar or return key after the shortcut. I’ve also noticed that sometimes you have to put a space before the shortcut. This is not unique to multi-line phrases. I’ve gotten into the habit of ending the last sentence (in the case of email signatures, for example) with <space> <space> <shortcut> <return> and it seems to work. The two spaces are transformed to <period> <space> which ends the sentence and adds the space that is (sometimes) needed before the shortcut.
Rose, I thought we had this solved but we don’t. The only way I can get it to happen is to sync it from my Mac 
Can you give us any further information?
Can anyone help with this?
I am sure am missing the ability to double-lined greetings at will 
I know it has worked for me, but I’m running developer betas so it might be a bug that it worked 
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Well, I surrender. I’ve tried everything I can think of, and no luck. I’ll keep it in mind, though, in case I read about it somewhere else.