AMCAS PS Help Please!!!

[saildawg]

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Hello all,
I am typing my PS, I copy and pasted it into notepad, and then into the application. Everything looks fine when I type it, but when I go to print the application function, there are no spacing between paragraphs. I have tried typing some of it by hand, to no avail. Is this normal?
Thanks

 

[mgink821]

I tried doing the same exact thing and have the same problem. I even tried to type in spaces because there's no way to tab a new paragraph but it still displays it as a block.

 

[gaf]

Did you try typing two hard returns (i.e. hit enter twice) at the end of a paragraph? Try it within the AMCAS app if you haven't already.

 

[mgink821]

Wow yeah that worked. Thanks!! Is there anyway to indent the paragraphs or is this as good as it gets?

 

[saildawg]

If you hit two hard returns, it puts a space between the paragraphs. But, How do I indent?

 

[gaf]

If you hit two hard returns, it puts a space between the paragraphs. But, How do I indent?

Don't bother. You've delineated paragraphs by leaving a space. Go on your merry way to the application audit.

 

[ms2209]

Hello all,
I am typing my PS, I copy and pasted it into notepad, and then into the application. Everything looks fine when I type it, but when I go to print the application function, there are no spacing between paragraphs. I have tried typing some of it by hand, to no avail. Is this normal?
Thanks

OMG...I had the same problem, but I was going to try and work the kink out when I actually pasted it in and submitted my AMCAs...but there's no way to indent? That's really bizarre...and annoying!

 

[saildawg]

Well, its good to know I am not the only one, man that is annoying.
PS ms2209 your sig is one of my faviorite seinfeld quotes ever.

 

[KrapYnot206]

Hey all, I used Microsoft Word to write my PS, then pasted it into AMCAS.
There were a few formatting errors, but I fixed them, and I copy and pasted "tab" spacing in order to get paragraph indentation, but after I submitted, my print out of the PS has no paragraph spacing or indentations. What do the medical schools see? My PS how I actually wrote it? or the PS with no paragraph spacing/indentations?

 

[Jason110]

Hey all, I used Microsoft Word to write my PS, then pasted it into AMCAS.
There were a few formatting errors, but I fixed them, and I copy and pasted "tab" spacing in order to get paragraph indentation, but after I submitted, my print out of the PS has no paragraph spacing or indentations. What do the medical schools see? My PS how I actually wrote it? or the PS with no paragraph spacing/indentations?

Tabs don't work too well in AMCAS. Use 'double return' to separate paragraphs (i.e, delineate paragraphs by inserting a blank line between them).

Jason