Double-spacing and the html code pair: <div> </div>

Double-spacing and the html code pair: <div> </div>

When I copy text from one Writer document into another, the pasted text ends up being enclosed between <div> and </div> in the html code.  I think this causes my document to double space every line I add after that, which I don't wish to do.

My question:  How do I control a document's spacing when I want to?  I tried to edit the <div></div> pair out of the document's html code but found that I was unable to edit that code.  (I had been able to change the html once before in the past, if I remember correctly, when deleting a <p></p> pair from a document, but for some reason I can only view the html now, not change it).

Is there a solution to this problem?  I wish to control my line spacing, even in numbered lists which I sometimes paste lines of text into.

James Bath