Thank you very much, Eike.  This was very helpful.  I altered utils.js. 
 Where did you put your .css style sheet?  Did you have to reference it in 
display-item.jsp?  Thanks,  Andy

On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 9:18:18 AM UTC-4, eike.kleiner wrote:
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> Hey Andy
>
>  
>
> I assume you use JSPUI. Try this syntax to display line breaks within the 
> dc.description.abstract field.
>
>  
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> .metadataFieldValue.dc_description_abstract {
>
>    white-space: pre-line;
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> }
>
>  
>
> You can look up an example here: 
> https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/1322 Our CSS: 
> https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/static/css/zhaw/zhaw.css 
>
>  
>
> During ingest the function disableEnterKey(e) in util.js disables the 
> enter key. You can disable this function by simply returning true: 
> https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/utils.js We have this in production 
> quite a while and it works fine but you should test the side effects of its 
> deactivation in your setting.
>
>  
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Eike
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> *Von:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto:
> [email protected] <javascript:>] *Im Auftrag von *Andy
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 19. September 2017 15:04
> *An:* DSpace Technical Support <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> *Betreff:* [dspace-tech] Break (carriage return) in Metadata Field - 
> DSpace 6.x
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> Hello;
>
> We use DSpace 6.0. Is there a way to make a break or return in the 
> metadata in the dc.description field?
>
> I tried using 'white space:pre-line;' in styles.css under 
> .metadataFieldValue and then using .metadataFieldValue.dc.description but, 
> neither worked.
>
> I see in documentation that there might be class files for the different 
> metadata fields. Where are they located?
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> I also saw mention of a styles.css.jsp but, can't find that file either.
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> Thank you for your help. Andy
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