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Hello -
I am having a bit of difficulty making my Microsoft Word behave. I am currently typing up a document that has a numbered list, like so: 1) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 2) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 3) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 4) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. ....etc. After each number, there is about a paragraph of writing. Now, according to the Auto Format settings, the numbers in the numbered list automatically indent, which is fine. However, I would like a one line break between each number, which I usually achieved by pressing Shift+Enter. For some reason today, when I press Shift+Enter, the last line of the previous number gets spaced out so that the words are evenly distributed over the entire length of the line. So it now looks like this: 1) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. (I'm not sure if the spacing will be preserved after I post this, but I hope that you understand what I mean. What do I have to do to correct this? |
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Nevermind, I mistakenly did not choose an alignment when initially
creating the document. Thank you for your time. |
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Nevermind, I mistakenly did not choose an alignment when initially
creating the document. Thank you for your time. |
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Nevermind, I mistakenly did not choose an alignment when initially
creating the document. Thank you for your time. |
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An alternative to performing the Shift+Enter is to modify the format
of your paragraph so that there is space after. (Format, Paragraph) Set the Space After to 12pts, if you are using a 12pt font. That way when you press Enter to start a new number, the paragraph you just finished will receive a 12pts space between paragraphs. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. wrote in message oups.com... Hello - I am having a bit of difficulty making my Microsoft Word behave. I am currently typing up a document that has a numbered list, like so: 1) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 2) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 3) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 4) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. ...etc. After each number, there is about a paragraph of writing. Now, according to the Auto Format settings, the numbers in the numbered list automatically indent, which is fine. However, I would like a one line break between each number, which I usually achieved by pressing Shift+Enter. For some reason today, when I press Shift+Enter, the last line of the previous number gets spaced out so that the words are evenly distributed over the entire length of the line. So it now looks like this: 1) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. (I'm not sure if the spacing will be preserved after I post this, but I hope that you understand what I mean. What do I have to do to correct this? |
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Turn off justification of your paragraphs.
Consider changing the space-before formatting of your list style. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. wrote in message oups.com... Hello - I am having a bit of difficulty making my Microsoft Word behave. I am currently typing up a document that has a numbered list, like so: 1) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 2) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 3) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 4) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. ...etc. After each number, there is about a paragraph of writing. Now, according to the Auto Format settings, the numbers in the numbered list automatically indent, which is fine. However, I would like a one line break between each number, which I usually achieved by pressing Shift+Enter. For some reason today, when I press Shift+Enter, the last line of the previous number gets spaced out so that the words are evenly distributed over the entire length of the line. So it now looks like this: 1) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. (I'm not sure if the spacing will be preserved after I post this, but I hope that you understand what I mean. What do I have to do to correct this? |
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