Load contents from file web page tool fails

Hello,
I did the following to try to move the space between 2 paragraphs and it failed to do so.  See attachment for the pic.

1.  logged in as site administrator to edit the home page of  inspiringwm.toastmastersclubs.org/
2.  selected "Source" from the Home Page Content 
3.  selected "Save contents to file" from the Web page Tools pull down menu. (This saved the current content to the homepage.html file.)
4.  updated the homepage.html file and saved it to homepage_v2.html.
5.  selected the "Load contents from file" option from the Web Page Tools and selected the homepage_v2.html file
6.  saw the content loaded with the change; however, when save it, it reverted to the previous content WITHOUT the change.
7.  also tried to make the change directly in the source; however, once it was saved, it also reverted back to the previous content WITHOUT the change.

Note1: In step 4, the change I made to the file is from:
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>  2022-23 President of Inspiring Women Toastmasters</em></span></span></span></p>
to:
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>  2022-23 President of Inspiring Women Toastmasters</em></span></span></span><br/>

Note2: Is there a simple way without going to the html source to remove the blank space between two paragraphs?  I could not find an existing editing icon that would allow me to do so.
 

angelahoho wrote:

Note2: Is there a simple way without going to the html source to remove the blank space between two paragraphs?  I could not find an existing editing icon that would allow me to do so.
 

In the graphic editor screen; backspace the beginning of the 2nd line until it reaches the end of the 1st line. Then hold down shift while hitting the enter button.

The source edit should work if you also remove the paragraph tag from the start of the 2nd line. There's no need to view source before saving or loading the backup copies of the page content.

Thank you Richard for the quick response. Your suggestions works!