I apologize in advance as this problem has posted on a million sites but the solution just doesn't work for me. I have a block and wish to enter a carriage return in the middle. i know i can get around this by nesting a table by that just seems like overkill:

My code:
...
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:block font-weight="bold" text-align="center">
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION
<xsl:text>#xA;</xsl:text>
DEATILED ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES
</fo:block>
</fo:table-cell>
...

Solutions i have tried (and failed):
<xsl:text>#10;</xsl:text>
or
<xsl:text>#xA;</xsl:text>

try <xsl:text>#x0D;>#x0A</xsl:text> to have the CR-LF just in case...

Dijkstra's law on Programming and Inertia:

If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, don't try to write it.