[JamesT.]

I am using Word 2000. I'm writing manuscripts, and need to have the same number of lines on each page. Unfortunately, when line spacing is set to Double, I get 24 lines per page on some pages, 23 on others, and even 22 on a smaller number.

Twenty-four lines per page is actually incorrect, as the publishing industry standard with Courier 12-point is 25 lines per page for manuscripts. I can achieve this by setting line spacing at multiple, 1.9, but then I get some pages with 24 lines, and others with 23.

Manually correcting by pasting a line (or two) from the next page works, but only temporarily.

I have tried Word 2002 and 2003, with the same problem. Has anyone found a way to maintain a uniform number of lines per page?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm

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"JamesT." wrote in message
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I am using Word 2000. I'm writing manuscripts, and need to have the
same number of lines on each page. Unfortunately, when line spacing is
set to Double, I get 24 lines per page on some pages, 23 on others, and
even 22 on a smaller number.

Twenty-four lines per page is actually incorrect, as the publishing
industry standard with Courier 12-point is 25 lines per page for
manuscripts. I can achieve this by setting line spacing at multiple,
1.9, but then I get some pages with 24 lines, and others with 23.

Manually correcting by pasting a line (or two) from the next page
works, but only temporarily.

I have tried Word 2002 and 2003, with the same problem. Has anyone
found a way to maintain a uniform number of lines per page?




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JamesT.

[Jay Freedman]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm.

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On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:53:42 +0000, JamesT.
wrote:


I am using Word 2000. I'm writing manuscripts, and need to have the
same number of lines on each page. Unfortunately, when line spacing is
set to Double, I get 24 lines per page on some pages, 23 on others, and
even 22 on a smaller number.

Twenty-four lines per page is actually incorrect, as the publishing
industry standard with Courier 12-point is 25 lines per page for
manuscripts. I can achieve this by setting line spacing at multiple,
1.9, but then I get some pages with 24 lines, and others with 23.

Manually correcting by pasting a line (or two) from the next page
works, but only temporarily.

I have tried Word 2002 and 2003, with the same problem. Has anyone
found a way to maintain a uniform number of lines per page?

[JamesT.]

Thanks to both. The link looks as if it will help greatly.

James T.