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I am having trouble formatting text from a form to an email using power automate.

In the process of sending an automated email when a form is submitted its combining all the text entered into a text field in a form on a single line rather than keeping it seperate.

eg:
Input:
I like these types of dogs.
1. labradors

2. jack russels

3 goldens retirvers

Output:

I like these types of dogs.1. labradors2. jack russels3 goldens retirvers

How do I fix this?
I see in the HTML view on Send and email (V2) it austomatically enters

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Daniel Bocklandt 5,137 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hey,

You'll need to use the HTML body:

You can start wirtting your text after the 

If you want then to just start a new line add a 

If you want a new Paragraph to start you need to end the line with and start the next line with 

so for your example you would need to do this:

I like these types of dogs. 
1. labradors

2. jack russels

3 goldens retirvers

More infos to HTML here: HTML Tutorial (w3schools.com)

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Ordered HTML List

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EL-12082210-0 2 on at

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When I try to use , then save, the editor deletes them.

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