[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The OP writes: "Word won't let me single space some portions - it changes
the whole document to single space." This is a sure sign that the style is
updating automatically (unless the entire document is a single paragraph).
When styles are operating normally, it is quite possible to apply direct
paragraph formatting to a single paragraph without affecting others, and
this doesn't require a section break. A section break is required only to
change the number of columns, the page size or orientation, the margins, the
header/footer, etc. And inserting a section break will not solve the problem
if the style is in fact updating automatically since styles are consistent
throughout an entire document.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"PeterMcC" wrote in message
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I hope you realize this is utter nonsense! Not only is it quite
unnecessary, it wouldn't work, either. If the problem is an automatically
updating style, section breaks won't make any difference.

Works for me - I would never make a suggestion without trying it first -
maybe it's my version of Word.

And I'm afraid that I didn't see a reference to an automatically updating
style in the OP - maybe it's my version of Mail.

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PeterMcC

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