# CSV data export with carriage returns is badly formatted

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**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** odk-central\
**Created:** [July 6, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/csv-data-export-with-carriage-returns-is-badly-formatted/47980 "2024-07-06T22:26:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahblake](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/ahblake/32/22392_2.png) [@ahblake](https://forum.getodk.org/u/ahblake)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/csv-data-export-with-carriage-returns-is-badly-formatted/47980/19 "2024-07-17T08:13:11Z")

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Further, and tangentially related, when I said

> [@ahblake](#):
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> I created a small form that tried to get carriage returns into it a few different ways

I was testing on the beta, which I just discovered removed the ability to input carriage returns, see here;

> [@2024.2.0 / 2024.3.0 Beta 0: text field 'rows' parameter, carriage return & text wrap don't work anymore](https://forum.getodk.org/t/2024-2-0-2024-3-0-beta-0-text-field-rows-parameter-carriage-return-text-wrap-dont-work-anymore/48176):
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> 1. What is the issue? Please be detailed. In the current beta (2024.3.0 Beta 0) and current release (2024.2.0), text fields behave differently to a previous release (2024.1.3) In the current release and beta the rows parameter doesn't do anything when entering a lot of text, it doesn't autowrap, instead it continues on a single neverending line with text disappearing off the left hand side (L to R entry) the ability to manually enter a carriage return is gone, the key is missing from the vir…

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