[Goran Ivanic]

Assume I have got a Word (2003) text document.

Now I want to find out two things for e.g. line 132 on page 5:

1.) What is the current line spacing on this line? In other words how much space is
between the current line an the line just before ?
Or does the line spacing always refers to the line just below ???

2.) As far as I know there is another parameter which defines the space between characters
(inside a word). How is this parameter called ?
How can I find out the current value for this property?

How can I change the two settings described above in the whole document?

Goran

[Stefan Blom]

1. Look in Format | Paragraph, Indents and Spacing tab. The distance
between baselines within a paragraph is the Line Spacing. By default,
this is set to "Single," which equals approximately 120% of the
current font size (at least this is true for Times New Roman).
Variable line Spacing is added below each text line.

If you want complete control over line spacing, set it to "Exactly."
Exact line spacing will not adjust as you change the font size. Also,
it will align text across table or text columns.

Note that exact line spacing seems to be added exclusively above the
line (unless the "Don't center 'exact line height' lines"
compatibility option is checked in Tools | Options).

The distance between paragraphs is determined by the Spacing Before
and Spacing After boxes, found in the same dialog box.

2. Kerning adjusts the distance between certain combinations of
characters to make the text look better. Spacing puts all characters
closer or farther apart. Scale stretches or compresses text. All of
these options are found in Format | Font, Character Spacing tab.

You can set the above options for selected paragraphs (Format |
Paragraph) and for selected text (Format | Font) respectively. A
better approach would be to modify the style(s) you are using.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Goran Ivanic" wrote in message
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Assume I have got a Word (2003) text document.

Now I want to find out two things for e.g. line 132 on page 5:

1.) What is the current line spacing on this line? In other words
how much space is
between the current line an the line just before ?
Or does the line spacing always refers to the line just below ???

2.) As far as I know there is another parameter which defines the
space between characters
(inside a word). How is this parameter called ?
How can I find out the current value for this property?

How can I change the two settings described above in the whole
document?

Goran

[RajKohli]

You should better post this in Microsoft Word NewsGroup.

1. Select the paragraph whom formatting you want to line. Click Format menu
and then click Style and Formatting. When the Styles and Formatting Task Pane
open, click below the "Formatting of selected text" drop down menu and click
"Reveal Formatting" or Press SHIFT+F1 to Reveal Formatting. Line spacing
refer two space between 2 lines and can be different for each paragraph and
lines.

2. The parameter is called "Character Spacing". You can find the used
Character Spacing in Reveal Formatting only if it is larger than normal.

3. You can change the Line Spacing by selecting the paragraph and then click
"Line Spacing" Standard Toolbar button or from Format menu - Paragraph or
keyboard shortcut like CTRL+2 for Double, Ctrl+1 for Single, and Ctrl+5 for
1-1/2. For Character Spacing, select the words and then click Format - Font -
click Character Spacing tab and change as you desire.

Hope this information helps you, let us know!

"Goran Ivanic" wrote:

Assume I have got a Word (2003) text document.

Now I want to find out two things for e.g. line 132 on page 5:

1.) What is the current line spacing on this line? In other words how much space is
between the current line an the line just before ?
Or does the line spacing always refers to the line just below ???

2.) As far as I know there is another parameter which defines the space between characters
(inside a word). How is this parameter called ?
How can I find out the current value for this property?

How can I change the two settings described above in the whole document?

Goran

[Panggha]

"I have a different problem..When I type anything, either I don't get spaces
between words typed or too many spaces. I have to go back and put space
between the text mannualy. How can I fix the settings for this? It is really
annoying!!!!