Normally for inter-paragraph spacing you would use 'space after'. Space
before tends to be use for (say) Headings where they are used singly and you
wish to create extra space between the text and the heading.
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/types.../a/leading.htm may help explain
line spacing.
If you wish to start a new line within a paragraph you would press
Shift+Enter
If you display the formatting marks - click the ¶ button - you will see the
difference.
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Bert Coules wrote:
Graham, thanks for that.
I've been doing some reading this morning, and I now see what you and
Suzanne mean; I'll do my level best to apply it to the document in
hand.
I can see that pressing Return once to create a paragraph space could
be useful, but what happens when I want to start a new line within a
paragraph?
I'm still not entirely clear on this Before and After (or both) bit. If I
type a body of text and want to create a new paragraph, then I
can see that the space I create could be said to be both After the
para I've just typed, and Before the one I'm about to type - but it's
the same space, isn't it? I'm hazy on how there could be two separate
definitions fro what amounts to the same thing.
If I have line spacing set at 1.5 throughout (for a 12pt font) and
want the paragraph spacing to be 3 lines, what value should I use in
the Before and After boxes? 24pt?
Many thanks to you and Suzanne for your help and your patience.
Bert