There is a KB article that explains the compatibility options. It's for Word
2000-2003, but it still works in Word 2010... See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288792/en-us/ (Description of the
Compatibility options that are available in the Options dialog box in Word
2003, Word 2002, and Word 2000).
I certainly agree that Word Help should do a better job.
--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
There's yet another pet peeve. Why aren't there pop-up explanations of
the dozens of "Advanced" settings in Word Options? How is "Don't use
HTML paragraph spacing" supposed to mean "Add together Before/After
spacing"?
On Feb 16, 1:24 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:
If the issue is that only the larger of the Before/After settings is
being
honored (instead of the two being added together), then you need to
enable
the Compatibility Option "Don't use HTML paragraph auto spacing." Find
the
Compatibility Options at the very bottom of the advanced tab of File |
Options.
"NovelTea" wrote in message
...
I'm reformatting a large document that has been edited so many times that
it
has become convoluted, style-wise. In doing this I am editing the styles
for
the headers, and part of this is fixing the Before and After paragraph
line
spacing.
The headers have both Before and After line spacing settings (I.E.,
Befo
6pts After: 12pts), but for some reason unless I have the Before setting
set
18pts or higher, it doesn't show any difference in the spacing.
I compared it to the older document, and the paragraph settings (indents,
line spacing, etc) are identical between the two for headers and "normal"
styles.
The original document was written in Word 2003 and edited throughout the
years in 2007 and 2010.
Any suggestions?