[vince]

I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so that when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line spaces. And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[Graham Mayor]

Use edit paste special unformatted text to past the web stuff (or use
the following macro)

Sub PasteUnfText()
On Error GoTo Oops
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _
wdInLine
End
Oops:
Beep
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Vince wrote:
I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in
that process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double,
so that when I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get
two line spaces. And then it stays that way for the rest of the
document. I find this quite irritating, and if I go into
Format/Paragraph it still shows it as single space, so there is
nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion of the document
(or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single spacing, it
still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single
spacing for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do
that on every line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[Rae Drysdale]

Go to Format | Paragraph and check in the space before and space after
section. There is probably some extra space here. Set both to 0. Does this
solve your problem?
--
Rae Drysdale


"Vince" wrote:

I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so that when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line spaces. And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[vince]

Thanks for the reply.
Spacing before and after are both set to 0 pts.


"Rae Drysdale" wrote:

Go to Format | Paragraph and check in the space before and space after
section. There is probably some extra space here. Set both to 0. Does this
solve your problem?
--
Rae Drysdale


"Vince" wrote:

I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so that when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line spaces. And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[Luc[_2_]]

Vince,
Have you tried Graham's suggestion?
Also see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm

--
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
"Vince" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks for the reply.
Spacing before and after are both set to 0 pts.


"Rae Drysdale" wrote:

Go to Format | Paragraph and check in the space before and space after
section. There is probably some extra space here. Set both to 0. Does
this
solve your problem?
--
Rae Drysdale


"Vince" wrote:

I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so that
when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line spaces.
And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as
single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion
of
the document (or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single
spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on
every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html

--
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.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so that
when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line spaces.
And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single
spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[vince]

Thanks for all the replies. I generally do use Paste Special-Unformatted
Text, and I 've also used Paste Options-Keep Text Only, but I still
experience the behavior where it seems to default to double spacing, but does
not indicate it as such in Format-Paragraph, so I can't seem to change it
back to Single Spacing.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html

--
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.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so that
when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line spaces.
And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single
spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[vince]

The problem just happened again.
I cut some text from a web page, I pasted it using Paste SpecialUnformatted
Text, and when I go to type after it, it is now double spaced.
When I highlight that newly double spaced area and go to FormatParagraph,
it does in fact show some odd results. Space Before and After show "Auto"
and Line Spacing shows "At Least 14.25".

I've confirmed that before the Paste Special, the Paragraph formatting was
Space Before/After "0" and single line spacing. Why would Pasting
Unformatted Text change those settings?

Thanks

"Vince" wrote:

Thanks for all the replies. I generally do use Paste Special-Unformatted
Text, and I 've also used Paste Options-Keep Text Only, but I still
experience the behavior where it seems to default to double spacing, but does
not indicate it as such in Format-Paragraph, so I can't seem to change it
back to Single Spacing.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html

--
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.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so that
when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line spaces.
And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single
spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Was the spacing in your document applied as direct formatting, or is that
the spacing defined in the style? What happens if you select one of the
existing paragraphs and press Ctrl+Q?

--
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.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
The problem just happened again.
I cut some text from a web page, I pasted it using Paste
SpecialUnformatted
Text, and when I go to type after it, it is now double spaced.
When I highlight that newly double spaced area and go to FormatParagraph,
it does in fact show some odd results. Space Before and After show "Auto"
and Line Spacing shows "At Least 14.25".

I've confirmed that before the Paste Special, the Paragraph formatting was
Space Before/After "0" and single line spacing. Why would Pasting
Unformatted Text change those settings?

Thanks

"Vince" wrote:

Thanks for all the replies. I generally do use Paste
Special-Unformatted
Text, and I 've also used Paste Options-Keep Text Only, but I still
experience the behavior where it seems to default to double spacing, but
does
not indicate it as such in Format-Paragraph, so I can't seem to change
it
back to Single Spacing.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html

--
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.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in
that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so
that
when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line
spaces.
And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this
quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as
single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a
portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to
Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single
spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on
every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.

[vince]

I made no changes to the formatting, so I guess that means it is as defined
in the style.

If I select a single spaced paragraph and press Ctrl+Q, it remains
unchanged. If I select a double spaced paragraph and press Ctrl+Q, the
spacing changes slightly smaller, but it is still double spaced (if I place
the cursor there and press Enter, I get a double space).

Also, if I go to FormatParagraph after pressing Ctrl+Q (the paragraph is
still selected) it shows Space Before/After as Auto, and Line Spacing as
Single. This is in both the paragraphs I referred to above, even the one
that is still clearly double spaced.

Thanks


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Was the spacing in your document applied as direct formatting, or is that
the spacing defined in the style? What happens if you select one of the
existing paragraphs and press Ctrl+Q?

--
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.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
The problem just happened again.
I cut some text from a web page, I pasted it using Paste
SpecialUnformatted
Text, and when I go to type after it, it is now double spaced.
When I highlight that newly double spaced area and go to FormatParagraph,
it does in fact show some odd results. Space Before and After show "Auto"
and Line Spacing shows "At Least 14.25".

I've confirmed that before the Paste Special, the Paragraph formatting was
Space Before/After "0" and single line spacing. Why would Pasting
Unformatted Text change those settings?

Thanks

"Vince" wrote:

Thanks for all the replies. I generally do use Paste
Special-Unformatted
Text, and I 've also used Paste Options-Keep Text Only, but I still
experience the behavior where it seems to default to double spacing, but
does
not indicate it as such in Format-Paragraph, so I can't seem to change
it
back to Single Spacing.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html

--
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.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
I often cut and paste text from the web to Word XP, and somehow in
that
process the line spacing changes from single spacing to double, so
that
when
I then add my own comment and hit the Enter key, I get two line
spaces.
And
then it stays that way for the rest of the document. I find this
quite
irritating, and if I go into Format/Paragraph it still shows it as
single
space, so there is nothing I can do about it. If I highlight a
portion of
the document (or the whole document) and go to
Format/Paragraph/single
spacing, it still does not help the problem.

I know that when this happens I can do a Shift/Enter and get single
spacing
for just that line, but it is troublesome to remember to do that on
every
line as I am working more on the document.

I also use WordPad quite a bit, and it happens there too.

If you have any ideas, I would be very grateful.

Thank you.