Hi Anita,

In Word2003, Format Paragraph, there's a check box for supressing =
space before/after between paragraphs of the same style.
It's meant exactly for your purpose. Not sure in which version it was =
introduced, but I don't think it was there in Word2000.

The setting isn't the perfect solution yet, since usually you want some =
space between list items, just not as much as above or below the list.

As a work-around: Select two of the list paragraphs, open the dialog to =
change the style, Borders, and set the horizontal middle border =
(between paragraphs) to 6 pt and color white.

Greetings,
Klaus


"Anita" wrote:
Word should allow you to specify different paragraph spacing on the =
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last items in a list when using a list style.
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I write user guides, and I always use styles for formatting. I set =
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spacing for the general text flow, but I often find myself manually =
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paragraph spacing on the first and/or last items in a list. Less space =
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the first item and more space after the last item visually links the =
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with its lead-in paragraph.
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This is very tedious to do in a lengthy document, and now that Word =
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separate category of style for lists, it would be a very useful option =
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incorporate in list styles.
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If there's already a way to automate this, I'd love to know how.
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