Actually, 12 pts is just the default setting for Exactly. It doesn't really
relate to anything (though one of my requests of MS in the past has been
that it reflect the currently applied spacing or at least the value of
Single spacing for the given font size). It does actually represent Single
line spacing for 10-pt TNR, but that's all. To approximate Single spacing
for any other font or point size, you just have to proceed by trial and
error. A good starting point is that Single spacing for TNR is approximately
120% of the nominal point size. Other fonts, however, have more or less
leading (line spacing) built in, so it's a hit-or-miss process.
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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
I'm sorry to keep answering my own questions, but here we go anyway...
I'd assumed that because the line spacing box was reporting 12pt when I
selected "exactly" then that must be what the document was already set
to -
in other words, I assumed that 12pt equals 1.5 spacing.
Now of course I've realised that it doesn't. I suspect that in fact 12pt
equals *single* line spacing (which is why reducing that figure produces
single line spacing, whatever the value). And I further suspect that 12pt
is in the box merely as a starting value, not as a reflection of the
existing document.
So - and I'm off to experiment with this - maybe *18pt* equals 1.5
spacing,
and therefore 17pt might give me the just-a-fraction-less format that I'm
after.
If all this is nonsense, somebody please tell me...
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk