OK, it *is* a bit odd. For what it's worth, this undocumented feature is not
available in Word 97; it was introduced in Word 2000.

Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I was just leery of this, since obviously using "li" doesn't
(semi)permanently change the unit to lines, but "line" evidently does.

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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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You need to type a value, specifying "pt" for the unit, instead.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Ah, now that *is* an interesting discovery. What do you have to do
to change
it back to points?

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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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I'm aware of the ability to use different units. For example, in
Word 97, I find it very convenient to type (say) "3 cm" when
specifying a fixed height for a table row in the Cell Height and
Width
dialog box, rather than to accept the default unit of measurement,
which is points.

Any typed number + unit in the Cell Height and Width dialog box
will
be converted to the default unit by Word. Similarly, if I type "2
li"
for Space Before, Word converts it to 24 pt.

However, if I type "2 line" that unit will stick the next time I
open the dialog box. There's the observation I made.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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In most boxes of this type you can enter a measurement in any
unit
providing
you include the unit (and Word is much more forgiving than FP on
that, I've
found). I believe "li" is the basic abbreviation for "lines."
You
can also
enter pt (or pts, I think) and either in or " for inches. Word
will
then
convert to whatever unit is the default for that box. This is
especially
handy for table row height and Space Before/After, where (as
you've
discovered) you can enter lines and Word will convert to points.

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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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But note that it *is* possible to specify lines even for Space
Before/Space After, which I discovered by accident in Word
2000.
For
example, if you type "2 line" (yes, it shouldn't be plural) in
the
"Space Before" box, you'll get 2 lines (or 24 pt) of paragraph
spacing
above.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Well, as pointed out, some of the Line Spacing settings are
in
lines
and
some in points (by their nature).

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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in
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Hi Jean-Guy,

It's also possible that we're talking about different
things.
There
are some measurements in the Format Paragraph dialog
that
do
show
lines. I thought we were discussing Space Before/After
(points), but

Yes, that it was I thought as well!

OK, I just went back and read the original question again.
The
OP
starts
by saying paragraph spacing, but then later specifies
Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing. So things seem to be
consistent
to
me?

Cindy Meister