Thanks for the quick reply but it’s still not working.
I found the_content function as well. I haven’t used wordpress since the new post format option and I found the correct index.php in there.
I changed it to the_excerpt () then put in <!–more–> after the paragraph I wanted, but it’s still the same and cuts off the paragraph prematurely.
Could there be something in the theme customization that is overiding these options?