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Can't get rid of double space
Hi,
Every time I open a new document or change format in Word 2007 it always goes to double space and I have to go into the paragraph section and keep checking "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style". With line spacing set to single. I do have a screen short but don't want to send it unless it is permitted. I never had this problems with Word XP. Is there something I can do to have all my documents always use single space? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Yes. Change the default spacing.
In the Home tab, click the Styles launcher (lower right corner of Styles section). Near the bottom of the Styles task pane, click the Manage Styles tool. In the Set Defaults tab, set the paragraph spacing as desired (e.g., set Before and After both to 0, and set Line spacing: to Single.). At the bottom, click on "New documents based on this template", then click OK. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "RScotti" wrote in message ... Hi, Every time I open a new document or change format in Word 2007 it always goes to double space and I have to go into the paragraph section and keep checking "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style". With line spacing set to single. I do have a screen short but don't want to send it unless it is permitted. I never had this problems with Word XP. Is there something I can do to have all my documents always use single space? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 23:28:01 -0400, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
Yes. Change the default spacing. In the Home tab, click the Styles launcher (lower right corner of Styles section). Near the bottom of the Styles task pane, click the Manage Styles tool. In the Set Defaults tab, set the paragraph spacing as desired (e.g., set Before and After both to 0, and set Line spacing: to Single.). At the bottom, click on "New documents based on this template", then click OK. Thanks Herb, Would never found this one. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Herb,
PS, My after paragraph spacing was at 10 pt and I did change it to zero but can you tell me what this means? On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 23:28:01 -0400, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Yes. Change the default spacing. In the Home tab, click the Styles launcher (lower right corner of Styles section). Near the bottom of the Styles task pane, click the Manage Styles tool. In the Set Defaults tab, set the paragraph spacing as desired (e.g., set Before and After both to 0, and set Line spacing: to Single.). At the bottom, click on "New documents based on this template", then click OK. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Space After set to 10 pt means that each time you end a paragraph and press
the Enter key, it will move the insertion to the next new paragraph start point with the correct inter-paragraph space set (in this case 10 pt). You should avoid using blank (empty) paragraphs to create space in Word documents. Obvious, this default setting of 10 pts needs to be changed to meet the user's layout preference and should be changed if different sized font is used from the default. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "RScotti" wrote in message ... Herb, PS, My after paragraph spacing was at 10 pt and I did change it to zero but can you tell me what this means? On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 23:28:01 -0400, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Yes. Change the default spacing. In the Home tab, click the Styles launcher (lower right corner of Styles section). Near the bottom of the Styles task pane, click the Manage Styles tool. In the Set Defaults tab, set the paragraph spacing as desired (e.g., set Before and After both to 0, and set Line spacing: to Single.). At the bottom, click on "New documents based on this template", then click OK. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:59:50 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote:
Space After set to 10 pt means that each time you end a paragraph and press the Enter key, it will move the insertion to the next new paragraph start point with the correct inter-paragraph space set (in this case 10 pt). You should avoid using blank (empty) paragraphs to create space in Word documents. Obvious, this default setting of 10 pts needs to be changed to meet the user's layout preference and should be changed if different sized font is used from the default. Hi Terry, Thanks for the information, but please excuse me I don't understand what is a blank paragraph. Do you mean just keep hitting return to move the cursor down several spaces? As I stated I changed mine to 0 pt it seems to be OK but frankly I can't tell what difference the 10 pts made? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Your understanding is correct. It isn't good practice to make space by
hitting the return key twice or more. Each time you press the return key, you are entering a new paragraph. It isn't so important on small documents, but a relatively modest sized document may have thousands of paragraphs, so if the inter-paragraph spacing has been made using a blank paragraph, that's thousands of extra paragraphs that Word needs to process and store. If you apply 10 pt below as a paragraph style for the style you use for normal paragraphs, pressing the enter key at the end of the paragraph will apply that spacing automatically. Terry "RScotti" wrote in message ... On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:59:50 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Space After set to 10 pt means that each time you end a paragraph and press the Enter key, it will move the insertion to the next new paragraph start point with the correct inter-paragraph space set (in this case 10 pt). You should avoid using blank (empty) paragraphs to create space in Word documents. Obvious, this default setting of 10 pts needs to be changed to meet the user's layout preference and should be changed if different sized font is used from the default. Hi Terry, Thanks for the information, but please excuse me I don't understand what is a blank paragraph. Do you mean just keep hitting return to move the cursor down several spaces? As I stated I changed mine to 0 pt it seems to be OK but frankly I can't tell what difference the 10 pts made? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Hi Terry,
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I appreciate it very much. On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:16:26 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Your understanding is correct. It isn't good practice to make space by hitting the return key twice or more. Each time you press the return key, you are entering a new paragraph. It isn't so important on small documents, but a relatively modest sized document may have thousands of paragraphs, so if the inter-paragraph spacing has been made using a blank paragraph, that's thousands of extra paragraphs that Word needs to process and store. If you apply 10 pt below as a paragraph style for the style you use for normal paragraphs, pressing the enter key at the end of the paragraph will apply that spacing automatically. Terry "RScotti" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:59:50 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Space After set to 10 pt means that each time you end a paragraph and press the Enter key, it will move the insertion to the next new paragraph start point with the correct inter-paragraph space set (in this case 10 pt). You should avoid using blank (empty) paragraphs to create space in Word documents. Obvious, this default setting of 10 pts needs to be changed to meet the user's layout preference and should be changed if different sized font is used from the default. Hi Terry, Thanks for the information, but please excuse me I don't understand what is a blank paragraph. Do you mean just keep hitting return to move the cursor down several spaces? As I stated I changed mine to 0 pt it seems to be OK but frankly I can't tell what difference the 10 pts made? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Just to follow up... I have my own default point size set to 12 points (at
my age, I'm not about to subject readers to anything smaller), and I have my default After spacing for paragraphs set at 12 points. This in effect gives me double-spacing between paragraphs without having to press Enter twice. Cheers, -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "RScotti" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Thanks for clearing that up for me. I appreciate it very much. On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:16:26 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Your understanding is correct. It isn't good practice to make space by hitting the return key twice or more. Each time you press the return key, you are entering a new paragraph. It isn't so important on small documents, but a relatively modest sized document may have thousands of paragraphs, so if the inter-paragraph spacing has been made using a blank paragraph, that's thousands of extra paragraphs that Word needs to process and store. If you apply 10 pt below as a paragraph style for the style you use for normal paragraphs, pressing the enter key at the end of the paragraph will apply that spacing automatically. Terry "RScotti" wrote in message . .. On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:59:50 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Space After set to 10 pt means that each time you end a paragraph and press the Enter key, it will move the insertion to the next new paragraph start point with the correct inter-paragraph space set (in this case 10 pt). You should avoid using blank (empty) paragraphs to create space in Word documents. Obvious, this default setting of 10 pts needs to be changed to meet the user's layout preference and should be changed if different sized font is used from the default. Hi Terry, Thanks for the information, but please excuse me I don't understand what is a blank paragraph. Do you mean just keep hitting return to move the cursor down several spaces? As I stated I changed mine to 0 pt it seems to be OK but frankly I can't tell what difference the 10 pts made? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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To be perfectly literal, if you wanted the space of a 12-point line between
paragraphs, you'd have to use 14-15 points Space After, but 12 points is close enough. I usually find the default Body Text (with 6 points after) sufficient for most applications. -- 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. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Just to follow up... I have my own default point size set to 12 points (at my age, I'm not about to subject readers to anything smaller), and I have my default After spacing for paragraphs set at 12 points. This in effect gives me double-spacing between paragraphs without having to press Enter twice. Cheers, -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "RScotti" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Thanks for clearing that up for me. I appreciate it very much. On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:16:26 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Your understanding is correct. It isn't good practice to make space by hitting the return key twice or more. Each time you press the return key, you are entering a new paragraph. It isn't so important on small documents, but a relatively modest sized document may have thousands of paragraphs, so if the inter-paragraph spacing has been made using a blank paragraph, that's thousands of extra paragraphs that Word needs to process and store. If you apply 10 pt below as a paragraph style for the style you use for normal paragraphs, pressing the enter key at the end of the paragraph will apply that spacing automatically. Terry "RScotti" wrote in message . .. On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:59:50 +0100, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Space After set to 10 pt means that each time you end a paragraph and press the Enter key, it will move the insertion to the next new paragraph start point with the correct inter-paragraph space set (in this case 10 pt). You should avoid using blank (empty) paragraphs to create space in Word documents. Obvious, this default setting of 10 pts needs to be changed to meet the user's layout preference and should be changed if different sized font is used from the default. Hi Terry, Thanks for the information, but please excuse me I don't understand what is a blank paragraph. Do you mean just keep hitting return to move the cursor down several spaces? As I stated I changed mine to 0 pt it seems to be OK but frankly I can't tell what difference the 10 pts made? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Hi
I really don't mind the 10 or 12 pt for double spacing it. In fact I like that but I just want the sentences in the paragraph to go to single spacing and same when I change formats like from center to right start of the paragraph. On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:38:03 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: To be perfectly literal, if you wanted the space of a 12-point line between paragraphs, you'd have to use 14-15 points Space After, but 12 points is close enough. I usually find the default Body Text (with 6 points after) sufficient for most applications. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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This is why you use different styles (some with Space After and some
without) and why you use line breaks when you don't want to start a new paragraph. -- 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. "RScotti" wrote in message ... Hi I really don't mind the 10 or 12 pt for double spacing it. In fact I like that but I just want the sentences in the paragraph to go to single spacing and same when I change formats like from center to right start of the paragraph. On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:38:03 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: To be perfectly literal, if you wanted the space of a 12-point line between paragraphs, you'd have to use 14-15 points Space After, but 12 points is close enough. I usually find the default Body Text (with 6 points after) sufficient for most applications. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:31:34 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
This is why you use different styles (some with Space After and some without) and why you use line breaks when you don't want to start a new paragraph. I'm Sorry Susan, I don't understand anything about line breaks or styles. I do use different fonts but that's all I know. I thought a line break was similar to a Page break but don't even know how to use.access it? Sorry for being so inexperienced. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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Insert a line break with Shift+Enter. It starts a new line without starting
a new paragraph. And see http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column14.asp. If you're typing a letter, you can probably do without styles (though they're still massively helpful there; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm), but typing a book without using styles is just madness. -- 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. "RScotti" wrote in message ... On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:31:34 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This is why you use different styles (some with Space After and some without) and why you use line breaks when you don't want to start a new paragraph. I'm Sorry Susan, I don't understand anything about line breaks or styles. I do use different fonts but that's all I know. I thought a line break was similar to a Page break but don't even know how to use.access it? Sorry for being so inexperienced. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:38:24 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Insert a line break with Shift+Enter. It starts a new line without starting a new paragraph. And see http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column14.asp. If you're typing a letter, you can probably do without styles (though they're still massively helpful there; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm), but typing a book without using styles is just madness. Thank you for explaining this. I never knew about the line break and I think it will come in handy. Thanks again for taking the time to help. Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. |
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