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Default How to change the Default Line spacing to SINGLE

I'm glad you got it sorted!

Note that (some versions of) Adobe actually installs an add-in that could
cause issues with Word. See
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Andrew B" wrote in message
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Stefan:

I think this worked!

I haven't installed anything Word-related lately. I did recently install
Adobe Standard, but I had the multiple spacing problem long before that.

Vielen Dank!

AB

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

It seems as Word is unable to save normal.dotm correctly. The reason
could
be a poorly designed add-in (did you install something recently)?

As a work-around, you can open the Normal template as a document and make
the desired changes there. When you are done, save and close the file.

A simple way to open the Normal template: Press Alt+F11 to display the
Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type

NormalTemplate.OpenAsDocument

and press Enter. You'll see that the normal.dotm file is now the active
document. Close the Visual Basic Editor, and edit the defaults of the
normal.dotm as suggested previously.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Andrew B" wrote in message
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Stefan:

Using Word 2007. I tried the remedy you suggested below
(Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S,
go to Style pane etc), switched the default multiple spacing from 3 to
1,
clicked to apply this as the default to all new docs, shut down Word,
restarted it, and the multiple line setting was back at 3 again! Is
there
anything else I can try?

Andrew B
(also in the Frozen North)

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you are using a version older than Word 2007, display the Modify
Style
dialog box for the Normal style (see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...fyAStyle.html). In the
dialog
box, click Format, and then click Paragraph. Click the Indents and
Spacing
tab. Make sure that the Line Spacing is what you want, and that the
Spacing
Before and After are both set to zero. Click OK. In the Modify Style
dialog
box, check the "Add to template" option. Click OK.

If you are using Word 2007, you can do this to set the defaults: Press
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S. In the Styles pane, click the Manage Styles button.
Click
the Set Defaults tab. Change the Line Spacing and Spacing Before and
After
as desired. Click "New documents based on this template," and click
OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Shakti" wrote in message
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Havin similar prob? Even tho 'single spacing' is checked, I get 1.5
spacing?

There isn't a "Default" button @ bottom of box?

Appreciate any help up here in the Great White North. It's very
cold!

Shakti

"Luc" wrote:

Ron,
You are referring to Word 2007? The line spacing is set to 1 by
default
in
previous versions.
If it is Word 2007, on the home tab of the ribbon in the paragraph
group
click the tiny dialog starter button. Set your line spacing to one,
click
on
the button at the bottom of the dialog, should read something like
default
setting, click Yes and normal.dotx will be changed to meet your
standards.
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Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
"Ron Boetger" schreef in bericht
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I want all word documents to default to Single Space. How the
(explicitive deleted starting with a capital "F" do you make
this
happen.

Thanks