[Michael]

I'm looking at an old Word template created long ago by someone no longer in
our office. The paragraph/line spacing of the body is set to exactly 24pt
which creates a 12pt space above every line of text. However, when the text
runs onto a second (or third or fourth...) page, the formatting remains 24pt
and yet Word ignores the space for the first line on the page and butts the
text right up against the header margin as if it were 12pt spacing. All
subsequent lines on the page show up with the 24pt spacing. The question is,
how can I duplicate this magical phenomenon in a newly created document?

Thanks,
Michael

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Check out the various Compatibility Options (Tools | Options |
Compatibility).

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"Michael" wrote in message
...
I'm looking at an old Word template created long ago by someone no longer
in
our office. The paragraph/line spacing of the body is set to exactly 24pt
which creates a 12pt space above every line of text. However, when the
text
runs onto a second (or third or fourth...) page, the formatting remains
24pt
and yet Word ignores the space for the first line on the page and butts
the
text right up against the header margin as if it were 12pt spacing. All
subsequent lines on the page show up with the 24pt spacing. The question
is,
how can I duplicate this magical phenomenon in a newly created document?

Thanks,
Michael

[Jay Freedman]

In Tools Options Compatibility, check the option for "Suppress
extra line spacing at top of page".

I don't know what's the difference, if any, between that one and the
next, "Suppress extra line spacing at the top of page like Word 5.x
for the Mac". Their descriptions at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=288792 are identical.

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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:34:00 -0800, Michael
wrote:

I'm looking at an old Word template created long ago by someone no longer in
our office. The paragraph/line spacing of the body is set to exactly 24pt
which creates a 12pt space above every line of text. However, when the text
runs onto a second (or third or fourth...) page, the formatting remains 24pt
and yet Word ignores the space for the first line on the page and butts the
text right up against the header margin as if it were 12pt spacing. All
subsequent lines on the page show up with the 24pt spacing. The question is,
how can I duplicate this magical phenomenon in a newly created document?

Thanks,
Michael

[Michael]

Thanks to both of you for answering. Yes, that is the solution, I simply
didn't expect to find it under Options.

Thanks again,
Michael