I am trying to find a way to keep Word from changing my before and after
paragraph spacing in a table from point to line. For example, when I type in
just the number 3 in the before and just the number 3 in the after under
Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing it automatically changes it to 0.6 lines. Is
there a way to make it not make this change automatically? I realize that if
I type 3pt instead, it will use points, but would like to not have to each
time.

Hi ?B?U2FicmluYSBCZWNrZXI=?=,

I am trying to find a way to keep Word from changing my before and after
paragraph spacing in a table from point to line. For example, when I type in
just the number 3 in the before and just the number 3 in the after under
Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing it automatically changes it to 0.6 lines. Is
there a way to make it not make this change automatically? I realize that if
I type 3pt instead, it will use points, but would like to not have to each
time.

No, there's no way to change this. You have to explicitly type the measurement
unit if you don't want the default.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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But where do you change the default for this? Mine defaults to points, and I
don't see any way to change it to lines.

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Words into Type
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Hi ?B?U2FicmluYSBCZWNrZXI=?=,

I am trying to find a way to keep Word from changing my before and after
paragraph spacing in a table from point to line. For example, when I
type in
just the number 3 in the before and just the number 3 in the after under
Format/Paragraph/Line Spacing it automatically changes it to 0.6 lines.
Is
there a way to make it not make this change automatically? I realize
that if
I type 3pt instead, it will use points, but would like to not have to
each
time.

No, there's no way to change this. You have to explicitly type the
measurement
unit if you don't want the default.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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reply
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Hi Suzanne,

But where do you change the default for this? Mine defaults to points, and I
don't see any way to change it to lines.

I just answered the OP that you cannot change the default...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Cindy M -WordMVP- was telling us:
Cindy M -WordMVP- nous racontait que :

Hi Suzanne,

But where do you change the default for this? Mine defaults to
points, and I don't see any way to change it to lines.

I just answered the OP that you cannot change the default...


I think Suzanne (and I!) wanted to know why some users have pts and other
Lines.... Where/How was this changed?

I occasionally get documents that are like that (they use lines). What
causes some documents to behave that way when the default is clearly set to
points? I does not happen all that often, so I always put it down to "yet
another funny thing Word does"... There aren't that many anyway ;-) Is this
a compatibility issue?
I think next time I get one like that I will save it and try to find the
difference between that one strange document and all other "regular"
documents... There is something going on there!

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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
ISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

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 I could have lost track. In
the Line Spacing section, Exactly uses points, but Multiple uses lines.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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Cindy M -WordMVP- was telling us:
Cindy M -WordMVP- nous racontait que :

Hi Suzanne,

But where do you change the default for this? Mine defaults to
points, and I don't see any way to change it to lines.

I just answered the OP that you cannot change the default...


I think Suzanne (and I!) wanted to know why some users have pts and other
Lines.... Where/How was this changed?

I occasionally get documents that are like that (they use lines). What
causes some documents to behave that way when the default is clearly set
to
points? I does not happen all that often, so I always put it down to "yet
another funny thing Word does"... There aren't that many anyway ;-) Is
this
a compatibility issue?
I think next time I get one like that I will save it and try to find the
difference between that one strange document and all other "regular"
documents... There is something going on there!

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
ISTOO
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org