I haven't used either of these techniques myself, so you would have to
experiment with them.

1. HTML paragraph spacing is enabled by default in Word 2000 and above. This
means that Word combines Space After and Space Before between paragraphs,
using whichever is the larger amount rather than adding them together. For
example, if you have 6 pts Space After on a paragraph followed by a
paragraph with 12 pts Space Before, you'll get just 12 pts instead of 18.
This takes some getting used to; I'm convinced if I would bend my mind to it
I would find it useful, but so far I haven't taken the time to figure it
out.

2. In Word 2002 and above (I think), there is a check box in the Format
Paragraph dialog labeled "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same
style." So you can give your list style, say, 6 pts Space After, enable this
option, and have no space after any paragraph but the last in a list. I find
this pretty unsatisfactory because what I really want is *some* space
between the paragraphs but more after the last one, so I usually add Space
Before to the following paragraph style.

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"Joseph N." wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:16:28 GMT, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

You can also, in recent versions of Word suppress space between
paragraphs in the same style. Or use HTML paragraph spacing.

Would you say a word or three more on both those approaches, please?

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