But because I couldn’t see any of the underlying HTML, I couldn’t correct the tags. Luckily, there’s an easy fix. (Note that I work in Outlook 2003–not sure this applies to other versions.) ...

Type the first line of text into your TextPad program. Press the "Enter" key once to force a single line breaks. Press the "Enter" key twice for double-spacing.

There is, however, a simple way to format line breaks in Facebook. Log in to your Facebook profile. If you're using a company profile or Fan page, log in to that page.