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OK, it *is* a bit odd. For what it's worth, this undocumented feature is not
available in Word 97; it was introduced in Word 2000. Stefan Blom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I was just leery of this, since obviously using "li" doesn't (semi)permanently change the unit to lines, but "line" evidently does. -- 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. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... You need to type a value, specifying "pt" for the unit, instead. -- Stefan Blom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Ah, now that *is* an interesting discovery. What do you have to do to change it back to points? -- 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. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... I'm aware of the ability to use different units. For example, in Word 97, I find it very convenient to type (say) "3 cm" when specifying a fixed height for a table row in the Cell Height and Width dialog box, rather than to accept the default unit of measurement, which is points. Any typed number + unit in the Cell Height and Width dialog box will be converted to the default unit by Word. Similarly, if I type "2 li" for Space Before, Word converts it to 24 pt. However, if I type "2 line" that unit will stick the next time I open the dialog box. There's the observation I made. -- Stefan Blom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... 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. -- Stefan Blom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, as pointed out, some of the Line Spacing settings are in lines and some in points (by their nature). -- 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. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000a333.0030f9c7@speedy... 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 |
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