I received a document from someone else. Most of the numbered "paragraphs" in
his document are formatted justified and ended by Shift+Enter. If the last
line of the paragraph is short, the line is not justified. When I copied the
the paragraphs into a new blank document, the last line of the paragraph is
now justified with large amounts of blank space.

I know I can prevent this by hitting Enter but I do not want to create a new
number. Is there some option that has to be selected that prevents the last
line from justifying when you press Shift+Enter?

If each paragraph is numbered, then each paragraph should end with a
paragraph break, so I'm not sure I understand the issue here, but you can
prevent a line from expanding by (a) pressing Tab before the line break or
(b) enabling the Compatibility Option "Don't expand character spaces on the
line ending Shift-Return."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jon Maxim" wrote in message
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I received a document from someone else. Most of the numbered "paragraphs"
in
his document are formatted justified and ended by Shift+Enter. If the last
line of the paragraph is short, the line is not justified. When I copied
the
the paragraphs into a new blank document, the last line of the paragraph
is
now justified with large amounts of blank space.

I know I can prevent this by hitting Enter but I do not want to create a
new
number. Is there some option that has to be selected that prevents the
last
line from justifying when you press Shift+Enter?

Thank you, Suzanne. Enabling the option did the trick. When I used the term
"paragraph" it was because I did not know what else to call it. Each block of
text did end with a Shift-Return.

Thanks
Jon

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If each paragraph is numbered, then each paragraph should end with a
paragraph break, so I'm not sure I understand the issue here, but you can
prevent a line from expanding by (a) pressing Tab before the line break or
(b) enabling the Compatibility Option "Don't expand character spaces on the
line ending Shift-Return."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Jon Maxim" wrote in message
...
I received a document from someone else. Most of the numbered "paragraphs"
in
his document are formatted justified and ended by Shift+Enter. If the last
line of the paragraph is short, the line is not justified. When I copied
the
the paragraphs into a new blank document, the last line of the paragraph
is
now justified with large amounts of blank space.

I know I can prevent this by hitting Enter but I do not want to create a
new
number. Is there some option that has to be selected that prevents the
last
line from justifying when you press Shift+Enter?