Ical doesn't show line breaks in events anymore?

Just if you haven't yet realized there at apple; iCal in 10.7 doesn't show linebreaks in event text box anymore.
No matter how many breaks you punch in, it shows up in edit mode but once you're done and the evnt is shown in cal, it wraps the text to gether and handles the breaks as spaces.
This is super annoying since I always write my to do list on the days and now it's just a big mess. Also the leather shin has to be one of the ugliest things apple has done in a good while. Just because of this feature I'd like to cancel the update and take my money back.
I rue the day i updated to this alfa level os x.

gif_silver,
The size of the displayed iCal window dictates the size of the displayed text. Altering the Display Resolution is the only other choice to influence the size of the displayed text.
;~)

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:S,
Sorry, missed that fact. My memory is good, but short.
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;~)

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gax23 wrote:
When using Exchange for push Gmail on my iPhone 4, I've noticed that any emails I sent have odd line breaks inserted into them. As I'm using the iPhone for work, any emails I send are rendered almost unintelligible. This is particularly bad as I am a professional writer. When using POP to access Gmail the text appears absolutely fine.
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The problem arises because the iPhone uses "Plain Text" to send emails.
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+I chose these categories:+
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