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 You can just start a line with a space, like this one, or

<pre>
&lt;pre>
You can, if you want, put things in-between a &lt;pre> and a &lt;/pre> like this. This is useful for longer texts. Erm. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, etc.
&lt;/pre>
</pre>

<small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white">&nbsp;Chzz&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 20:14, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

<div class="notice" style="background:#def; border:1px solid #468; padding:0.5em; margin:0.5em auto; background-color:#EBFFEB;">
Oh, and I'm sure you'll notice, the above do not wrap; there are various ways to deal with that. This, here, is using a 'div' of my own devising, which I added by putting <code><nowiki>{{subst:user:chzz/n}}</nowiki></code> to add the beginning &lt;div> thingy (ie to [[WP:SUBST|subst]] in the code on the page [[User:Chzz/n]]), and not forgetting to put a &lt;/div> at the end of it.

Erm. That sounds a bit complicated; what I actually mean is, I'd literally put this on the page;

<nowiki>{{subst:user:chzz/n}}</nowiki>

Content here

&lt;/div> 

</div>

{{TextBox|Another option is to use {{tlp|TextBox|Put the content here}}. Some [[Lorem|sample text]] follows; {{#switch:{{{1}}}|1|#default={{Lorem ipsum}}
|2={{Lorem ipsum}}<br/><br/>{{Lorem ipsum}}<br/>
|3={{Lorem ipsum}}<br/><br/>{{Lorem ipsum}}<br/><br/>{{Lorem ipsum}}<br/>
|4={{Lorem ipsum}}<br/><br/>{{Lorem ipsum}}<br/><br/>{{Lorem ipsum}}<br/><br/>{{Lorem ipsum}}<br/>
}}<br/>}}

There's loads of those types of things; see [[:Category:Typing-aid templates]]. <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white">&nbsp;Chzz&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 20:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

<pre style="overflow: auto;">
Oh - one more option - if you want a scrollbox.

For this, I've used &lt;pre style="overflow: auto;"> at the beginning. So, it'll put scrollbars on the box itself, to cope with overflowing lines.

You need a &lt;/pre> at the end of it.
</pre>

If you want to experiment with this sort of thing, I suggest you create a test page for yourself - e.g. [[User:Aaplrox/test]] - click that red link to make the page, and feel free to experiment on it.

Also, you can always [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikipedia-en-help speak to helpers live, with this thing]. Best, <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white">&nbsp;Chzz&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 20:45, 3 September 2010 (UTC)