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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Stefan Blom


"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 message
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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