How to insert line breaks in your Insta DM's

When automating DMs, you cannot simply press "Return" in the 'Enter Text' step, as it will trigger the message to send instead of adding a line break. It's the default behaviour of browser and web forms - not an issue with Axiom.ai. However, there is a workaround: in the 'Enter Text' step, you can configure a custom line break. This guide will show you how to enable and use this setting in the 'Enter text' step. The guide will assume you have a bot build or use the template to send Insta DMs.

# How to insert line breaks into your DMs

To insert the line breaks you need to configure the setting inside the "Enter Text" step being used to input your direct message.

  1. Expand the "Enter text" step - Click on the step to expand it.
  2. Custom line break - At the bottom of the step click on the "Custom line break" setting
    1. Click "Record" -  Record a sequence of characters to use instead of enter for line breaks I use "Shift return".
    2. Last cell - End at a specified column and row, "AB1".
  3. Text - Scroll back to the text input
    1. Insure the text is a single paragraph and has no line breaks inserted with the "Return key."
    2. Insert the cursur into the text where you want your line breaks. Then press the sequebjnce of keys your recorded. In my case "Shift return" to insert the line breaks.

Thats it, however I would suggest doing a short test run.

# Wrapping up

Normal line breaks cannot be used as the defualt browser behaviour "Return" submits the DM, so a work around has to be used. Its simple enough and can be found in the Enter text step. The same method will also work for other browser automations that require text entry.