[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

For which version of Word was the book written? Older versions of Word
always added the values together. I don't remember when the behavior
changed, maybe in Word 2000.

What is better is largely a matter of taste, of course. If you use Spacing
After for, say, Heading 1 paragraphs and you don't want any extra spacing if
the first paragraph after the heading is another heading, say Heading 2 with
Spacing Above, then obviously it is convenient that the values won't be
added together.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



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On Dec 2, 8:00 am, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
Also, if you want Word to add Spacing After and Spacing Before together
when
they "meet" (as opposed to choosing the larger of the two values), select
the "Don't use HTML paragraph auto spacing" Compatibility Option.

To see the compatibility options in Word 2007: Click the Office button,
and
then click Word Options. In the Advanced category, click to expand the
"Layout Options" (at the bottom).

Apparently the spacing options are convoluted.

In my tests I was using a combination of heading n and body text
styles. The Word Don't use HTML paragraph... option was unchecked as
the default.
The Paragraph option "Don't add space ..." was unchecked.

And I was getting the behavior I described above.

The reason I was asking, here was I read in a book that the above and
below spacing gets added together.-- something I was not seeing. From
the kindly supplied information here, this appears to only occur when
the "Don't use HTML paragraph .." option is selected.

Any idea which is the better method in practice to use? My gut tells
me that adding the spaces together is a more predictable method,