Thanks for the suggestions, but they didn't solve the problem. There's no
value other than "0" set in the before/after, and in page setup, the layout
is set to "top." What puzzles me is that the problem just began happening,
with no changes to my setup having been made. Opened up a new document
(chapter), and suddenly I'm getting four spaces between paragraphs.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Paragraph, make sure that the line spacing is set to Single and
that there is no Space Before/After. If both are correct and you're still
seeing larger-than-single spacing, make sure that the vertical alignment
(Layout tab of Page Setup) is set to Top and not Justified.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Diana" wrote in message
...
I have been to Formatting in the Toolbar area. I am not able to figure
out
how to have single spaces between lines in my Word document.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

I'm afraid I'm out of ideas; perhaps others can help?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"M Hirsh" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestions, but they didn't solve the problem. There's no
value other than "0" set in the before/after, and in page setup, the
layout
is set to "top." What puzzles me is that the problem just began happening,
with no changes to my setup having been made. Opened up a new document
(chapter), and suddenly I'm getting four spaces between paragraphs.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Paragraph, make sure that the line spacing is set to Single
and
that there is no Space Before/After. If both are correct and you're
still
seeing larger-than-single spacing, make sure that the vertical alignment
(Layout tab of Page Setup) is set to Top and not Justified.

--
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.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I have been to Formatting in the Toolbar area. I am not able to
figure
out
how to have single spaces between lines in my Word document.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Suzanne's suggestions usually cure this kind of trouble. All I can
think of is the following: Are you using a different font or a larger
font size? These are factors that might increase line height.

--
Stefan Blom


"M Hirsh" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestions, but they didn't solve the problem.
There's no
value other than "0" set in the before/after, and in page setup, the
layout
is set to "top." What puzzles me is that the problem just began
happening,
with no changes to my setup having been made. Opened up a new
document
(chapter), and suddenly I'm getting four spaces between paragraphs.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Paragraph, make sure that the line spacing is set to
Single and
that there is no Space Before/After. If both are correct and
you're still
seeing larger-than-single spacing, make sure that the vertical
alignment
(Layout tab of Page Setup) is set to Top and not Justified.

--
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.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I have been to Formatting in the Toolbar area. I am not able to
figure
out
how to have single spaces between lines in my Word document.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

You may also want to follow the instructions in the "How can I fix a
corrupt document?" section of the article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm to get rid of
possible document corruption. The procedure described in the
article can also be applied to a template, if the problem occurs with
newly created documents. If the problematic template in question is
the blank document template (normal.dot) there is a simpler fix: just
rename it and have Word create a fresh copy for you, as described in
the "Creating a new Normal.dot from scratch" section of the article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm.

--
Stefan Blom


"M Hirsh" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestions, but they didn't solve the problem.
There's no
value other than "0" set in the before/after, and in page setup, the
layout
is set to "top." What puzzles me is that the problem just began
happening,
with no changes to my setup having been made. Opened up a new
document
(chapter), and suddenly I'm getting four spaces between paragraphs.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Paragraph, make sure that the line spacing is set to
Single and
that there is no Space Before/After. If both are correct and
you're still
seeing larger-than-single spacing, make sure that the vertical
alignment
(Layout tab of Page Setup) is set to Top and not Justified.

--
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.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I have been to Formatting in the Toolbar area. I am not able to
figure
out
how to have single spaces between lines in my Word document.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.