[Jubinell]

Hi,

I'm using Microsoft Word 2010 Professional Edition, OS is Windows 7 Ultimate.

I'm editing a Word document somebody else has made and am having trouble where the gaps between lines and paragraphs in body texts, as well as in tables, are abnormally large.

I am aware that from Word 2007 onwards the default line spacing is 1.5. I have made sure that this is set to 1 everywhere, and click on "remove spacing before/after paragraphs" whenever possible.

The curious thing is when I copy the same texts and tables to a brand new Word document these line spacing problems go away.

Please take a look at my attached picture...the left side is the current state of my original Word document, the right side is when I copy the data to a new document.

I have a feeling this has something to do with style, and have tried to set styles to normal / default etc. to no avail.

Also...most of the document is in Japanese (but that shouldn't matter?)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[chipp2shore]

I assume you know how to permanently change the spacing in Word 2010?
This Microsoft help site tells you how:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...spx?mode=print

I imagine you are copying text that was formatted in the new 2007/2010 style into your 'brand new Word document' in which the styles have been changed to 2003 style spacing.

I hope this answers your question,
Chris D.

Originally Posted by Jubinell

Hi,

I'm using Microsoft Word 2010 Professional Edition, OS is Windows 7 Ultimate.

I'm editing a Word document somebody else has made and am having trouble where the gaps between lines and paragraphs in body texts, as well as in tables, are abnormally large.

I am aware that from Word 2007 onwards the default line spacing is 1.5. I have made sure that this is set to 1 everywhere, and click on "remove spacing before/after paragraphs" whenever possible.

The curious thing is when I copy the same texts and tables to a brand new Word document these line spacing problems go away.

Please take a look at my attached picture...the left side is the current state of my original Word document, the right side is when I copy the data to a new document.

I have a feeling this has something to do with style, and have tried to set styles to normal / default etc. to no avail.

Also...most of the document is in Japanese (but that shouldn't matter?)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.