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Line Spacing is mysteriously locked at about 14 points.
XP Office Word 2002. Line spacing for paragraphs is no longer porportional
to the font text size used. I use 12 point font (font style makes no difference) but the "Line Spazcing"/"Single" setting seems to display and print line spacing at about what 14 point characters would be spaced. If you highlight a paragraph and reduce the point size down to (forinstance) 6 points, the characters shrink to 6 points but the line spacing remains at the old line spacing (for about 14 point characters). With 4 or 6 point fonts there is enought space between the lines to put a bowling alley! This only happens on NEW documents. Old documents can change font sizes and the line spacing changes proportionately just like it should. I have checked both Windows and Word to be sure the Language is "English" thinking that there might be Chinese formatting, but to no avail. The normal Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing/Single has been tried repeatedly. A bad workaround is manually changing line spacing points each time you change font size, but that really stinks. Outlook also uses Word for email creation and it now has the very same large line spacing issues. Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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"Single" spacing for 12-pt TNR is about 14.4 points (120% of nominal font
size). If you've changed the font size of the text and the line spacing doesn't change, make sure you don't have any larger characters in the paragraph (including the paragraph mark). If the paragraph contains raised or lowered characters (including superscripts/subscripts) or underlining, you may need to change some Compatibility Options to get the effect you want. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... XP Office Word 2002. Line spacing for paragraphs is no longer porportional to the font text size used. I use 12 point font (font style makes no difference) but the "Line Spazcing"/"Single" setting seems to display and print line spacing at about what 14 point characters would be spaced. If you highlight a paragraph and reduce the point size down to (forinstance) 6 points, the characters shrink to 6 points but the line spacing remains at the old line spacing (for about 14 point characters). With 4 or 6 point fonts there is enought space between the lines to put a bowling alley! This only happens on NEW documents. Old documents can change font sizes and the line spacing changes proportionately just like it should. I have checked both Windows and Word to be sure the Language is "English" thinking that there might be Chinese formatting, but to no avail. The normal Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing/Single has been tried repeatedly. A bad workaround is manually changing line spacing points each time you change font size, but that really stinks. Outlook also uses Word for email creation and it now has the very same large line spacing issues. Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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Thanks for the input. But there are not any larger characters including
Paragraph marks. If you change a paragraph from (for instance) 12 points down to 4 points, the character size will change to tiny 4pt. characters but the line spacing remains unchanged at the 12 point spacing (which is really more like 14 point spacing). So you get tiny character rows seperated by gigantic line spaces. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: "Single" spacing for 12-pt TNR is about 14.4 points (120% of nominal font size). If you've changed the font size of the text and the line spacing doesn't change, make sure you don't have any larger characters in the paragraph (including the paragraph mark). If the paragraph contains raised or lowered characters (including superscripts/subscripts) or underlining, you may need to change some Compatibility Options to get the effect you want. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... XP Office Word 2002. Line spacing for paragraphs is no longer porportional to the font text size used. I use 12 point font (font style makes no difference) but the "Line Spazcing"/"Single" setting seems to display and print line spacing at about what 14 point characters would be spaced. If you highlight a paragraph and reduce the point size down to (forinstance) 6 points, the characters shrink to 6 points but the line spacing remains at the old line spacing (for about 14 point characters). With 4 or 6 point fonts there is enought space between the lines to put a bowling alley! This only happens on NEW documents. Old documents can change font sizes and the line spacing changes proportionately just like it should. I have checked both Windows and Word to be sure the Language is "English" thinking that there might be Chinese formatting, but to no avail. The normal Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing/Single has been tried repeatedly. A bad workaround is manually changing line spacing points each time you change font size, but that really stinks. Outlook also uses Word for email creation and it now has the very same large line spacing issues. Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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And there's no Spacing Before/After? If you'd like to send me a small sample
of the problem document, I'll have a look. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... Thanks for the input. But there are not any larger characters including Paragraph marks. If you change a paragraph from (for instance) 12 points down to 4 points, the character size will change to tiny 4pt. characters but the line spacing remains unchanged at the 12 point spacing (which is really more like 14 point spacing). So you get tiny character rows seperated by gigantic line spaces. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: "Single" spacing for 12-pt TNR is about 14.4 points (120% of nominal font size). If you've changed the font size of the text and the line spacing doesn't change, make sure you don't have any larger characters in the paragraph (including the paragraph mark). If the paragraph contains raised or lowered characters (including superscripts/subscripts) or underlining, you may need to change some Compatibility Options to get the effect you want. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... XP Office Word 2002. Line spacing for paragraphs is no longer porportional to the font text size used. I use 12 point font (font style makes no difference) but the "Line Spazcing"/"Single" setting seems to display and print line spacing at about what 14 point characters would be spaced. If you highlight a paragraph and reduce the point size down to (forinstance) 6 points, the characters shrink to 6 points but the line spacing remains at the old line spacing (for about 14 point characters). With 4 or 6 point fonts there is enought space between the lines to put a bowling alley! This only happens on NEW documents. Old documents can change font sizes and the line spacing changes proportionately just like it should. I have checked both Windows and Word to be sure the Language is "English" thinking that there might be Chinese formatting, but to no avail. The normal Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing/Single has been tried repeatedly. A bad workaround is manually changing line spacing points each time you change font size, but that really stinks. Outlook also uses Word for email creation and it now has the very same large line spacing issues. Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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It can probably be fixed with a macro...
ActiveDocument.PageSetup.LayoutMode = wdLayoutModeDefault This came up a few years ago. If you have support for Asian languages installed, you can change it in the user interface someplace ("No grid" on the "Document grid" tab of the Page Setup dialog). To run the macro, open the macro editor (Alt+F11), go to the immediate window (Ctrl+G), paste or type the line, and hit the Enter key at the end of the line. Klaus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" schrieb: And there's no Spacing Before/After? If you'd like to send me a small sample of the problem document, I'll have a look. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... Thanks for the input. But there are not any larger characters including Paragraph marks. If you change a paragraph from (for instance) 12 points down to 4 points, the character size will change to tiny 4pt. characters but the line spacing remains unchanged at the 12 point spacing (which is really more like 14 point spacing). So you get tiny character rows seperated by gigantic line spaces. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: "Single" spacing for 12-pt TNR is about 14.4 points (120% of nominal font size). If you've changed the font size of the text and the line spacing doesn't change, make sure you don't have any larger characters in the paragraph (including the paragraph mark). If the paragraph contains raised or lowered characters (including superscripts/subscripts) or underlining, you may need to change some Compatibility Options to get the effect you want. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... XP Office Word 2002. Line spacing for paragraphs is no longer porportional to the font text size used. I use 12 point font (font style makes no difference) but the "Line Spazcing"/"Single" setting seems to display and print line spacing at about what 14 point characters would be spaced. If you highlight a paragraph and reduce the point size down to (forinstance) 6 points, the characters shrink to 6 points but the line spacing remains at the old line spacing (for about 14 point characters). With 4 or 6 point fonts there is enought space between the lines to put a bowling alley! This only happens on NEW documents. Old documents can change font sizes and the line spacing changes proportionately just like it should. I have checked both Windows and Word to be sure the Language is "English" thinking that there might be Chinese formatting, but to no avail. The normal Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing/Single has been tried repeatedly. A bad workaround is manually changing line spacing points each time you change font size, but that really stinks. Outlook also uses Word for email creation and it now has the very same large line spacing issues. Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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Hello Klaus. Many blessings upon you! The macro you wrote fixed the problem.
I then applied the macro to a new document and saved it as Normal.dot so new documents no longer have this issue. The alternative Page Setup you mentioned has no options for altering any grid. Many thanks. David "Klaus Linke" wrote: It can probably be fixed with a macro... ActiveDocument.PageSetup.LayoutMode = wdLayoutModeDefault This came up a few years ago. If you have support for Asian languages installed, you can change it in the user interface someplace ("No grid" on the "Document grid" tab of the Page Setup dialog). To run the macro, open the macro editor (Alt+F11), go to the immediate window (Ctrl+G), paste or type the line, and hit the Enter key at the end of the line. Klaus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" schrieb: And there's no Spacing Before/After? If you'd like to send me a small sample of the problem document, I'll have a look. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... Thanks for the input. But there are not any larger characters including Paragraph marks. If you change a paragraph from (for instance) 12 points down to 4 points, the character size will change to tiny 4pt. characters but the line spacing remains unchanged at the 12 point spacing (which is really more like 14 point spacing). So you get tiny character rows seperated by gigantic line spaces. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: "Single" spacing for 12-pt TNR is about 14.4 points (120% of nominal font size). If you've changed the font size of the text and the line spacing doesn't change, make sure you don't have any larger characters in the paragraph (including the paragraph mark). If the paragraph contains raised or lowered characters (including superscripts/subscripts) or underlining, you may need to change some Compatibility Options to get the effect you want. -- 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. "David Hunter" wrote in message ... XP Office Word 2002. Line spacing for paragraphs is no longer porportional to the font text size used. I use 12 point font (font style makes no difference) but the "Line Spazcing"/"Single" setting seems to display and print line spacing at about what 14 point characters would be spaced. If you highlight a paragraph and reduce the point size down to (forinstance) 6 points, the characters shrink to 6 points but the line spacing remains at the old line spacing (for about 14 point characters). With 4 or 6 point fonts there is enought space between the lines to put a bowling alley! This only happens on NEW documents. Old documents can change font sizes and the line spacing changes proportionately just like it should. I have checked both Windows and Word to be sure the Language is "English" thinking that there might be Chinese formatting, but to no avail. The normal Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing/Single has been tried repeatedly. A bad workaround is manually changing line spacing points each time you change font size, but that really stinks. Outlook also uses Word for email creation and it now has the very same large line spacing issues. Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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Line Spacing is mysteriously locked at about 14 points.
I was relieved to find your post and answer. This problem has been driving
me crazy and yes, I do have Traditional Chinese installed. The glitch is that the fix provided by Klaus does not seem to have worked for me. I am unfamiliar macro editor. Are there other steps I should be taking? There appears to be no action when I hit the enter key (after pasting in the appropriate wording). I am using Word 2003 SP2. All help appreciated. "David Hunter" wrote: XP Office Word 2002. Line spacing for paragraphs is no longer porportional to the font text size used. I use 12 point font (font style makes no difference) but the "Line Spazcing"/"Single" setting seems to display and print line spacing at about what 14 point characters would be spaced. If you highlight a paragraph and reduce the point size down to (forinstance) 6 points, the characters shrink to 6 points but the line spacing remains at the old line spacing (for about 14 point characters). With 4 or 6 point fonts there is enought space between the lines to put a bowling alley! This only happens on NEW documents. Old documents can change font sizes and the line spacing changes proportionately just like it should. I have checked both Windows and Word to be sure the Language is "English" thinking that there might be Chinese formatting, but to no avail. The normal Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing/Single has been tried repeatedly. A bad workaround is manually changing line spacing points each time you change font size, but that really stinks. Outlook also uses Word for email creation and it now has the very same large line spacing issues. Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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