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From: Mel on 21 Feb 2010 09:06 Help. After a year of being able to type documents with my Word, suddenly it is automatically double spacing. I checked the format and it is set on single space. The only way I can get the document to single space is to keep typing to the end of the line, then it wraps around in single space format. But to type a letter with address heading or anything else that I need to hit enter and return to another line before reaching the end of the right margin, it double spaces. I have not been able to write any letters. Mel
From: Jay Freedman on 21 Feb 2010 09:47 When you hit Enter at the end of the line, you are creating a new paragraph. The spacing between paragraphs is not controlled by the "line spacing" but instead by the Space Before and/or Space After setting in the Format Paragraph dialog. If you don't want any space between paragraphs, set both of those to zero. Most likely it's part of the definition of the style (maybe the Normal style) applied to that text, so see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ModifyAStyle.html. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:06:01 -0800, Mel <mel(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Help. After a year of being able to type documents with my Word, suddenly it >is automatically double spacing. I checked the format and it is set on single >space. The only way I can get the document to single space is to keep typing >to the end of the line, then it wraps around in single space format. But to >type a letter with address heading or anything else that I need to hit enter >and return to another line before reaching the end of the right margin, it >double spaces. I have not been able to write any letters. >Mel
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 21 Feb 2010 09:57 To add to what Jay has said, even if you do have space between paragraphs, you can use a line break (Shift+Enter) to start a new line without starting a new paragraph. This is the suitable solution for, say, verses of poetry within a stanza. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:omh2o5heh7s3j29273ppb5fn98sp486h80(a)4ax.com... > When you hit Enter at the end of the line, you are creating a new > paragraph. The spacing between paragraphs is not controlled by the > "line spacing" but instead by the Space Before and/or Space After > setting in the Format Paragraph dialog. If you don't want any space > between paragraphs, set both of those to zero. Most likely it's part > of the definition of the style (maybe the Normal style) applied to > that text, so see > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ModifyAStyle.html. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:06:01 -0800, Mel <mel(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Help. After a year of being able to type documents with my Word, suddenly >>it >>is automatically double spacing. I checked the format and it is set on >>single >>space. The only way I can get the document to single space is to keep >>typing >>to the end of the line, then it wraps around in single space format. But >>to >>type a letter with address heading or anything else that I need to hit >>enter >>and return to another line before reaching the end of the right margin, it >>double spaces. I have not been able to write any letters. >>Mel >
From: Mel on 21 Feb 2010 12:20 I am thrilled with both your comments and my problem is fixed. I have just discovered this community source today. Thank you both for coming to my rescue. Much appreciated. -- Mel "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > To add to what Jay has said, even if you do have space between paragraphs, > you can use a line break (Shift+Enter) to start a new line without starting > a new paragraph. This is the suitable solution for, say, verses of poetry > within a stanza. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > news:omh2o5heh7s3j29273ppb5fn98sp486h80(a)4ax.com... > > When you hit Enter at the end of the line, you are creating a new > > paragraph. The spacing between paragraphs is not controlled by the > > "line spacing" but instead by the Space Before and/or Space After > > setting in the Format Paragraph dialog. If you don't want any space > > between paragraphs, set both of those to zero. Most likely it's part > > of the definition of the style (maybe the Normal style) applied to > > that text, so see > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ModifyAStyle.html. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Jay Freedman > > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:06:01 -0800, Mel <mel(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >>Help. After a year of being able to type documents with my Word, suddenly > >>it > >>is automatically double spacing. I checked the format and it is set on > >>single > >>space. The only way I can get the document to single space is to keep > >>typing > >>to the end of the line, then it wraps around in single space format. But > >>to > >>type a letter with address heading or anything else that I need to hit > >>enter > >>and return to another line before reaching the end of the right margin, it > >>double spaces. I have not been able to write any letters. > >>Mel > > > > . >
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 21 Feb 2010 12:36
I'm glad we could help. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Mel" <mel(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:E06ED37D-C378-4058-8E92-869ABC8E25F1(a)microsoft.com... >I am thrilled with both your comments and my problem is fixed. I have just > discovered this community source today. Thank you both for coming to my > rescue. Much appreciated. > -- > Mel > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> To add to what Jay has said, even if you do have space between >> paragraphs, >> you can use a line break (Shift+Enter) to start a new line without >> starting >> a new paragraph. This is the suitable solution for, say, verses of poetry >> within a stanza. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message >> news:omh2o5heh7s3j29273ppb5fn98sp486h80(a)4ax.com... >> > When you hit Enter at the end of the line, you are creating a new >> > paragraph. The spacing between paragraphs is not controlled by the >> > "line spacing" but instead by the Space Before and/or Space After >> > setting in the Format Paragraph dialog. If you don't want any space >> > between paragraphs, set both of those to zero. Most likely it's part >> > of the definition of the style (maybe the Normal style) applied to >> > that text, so see >> > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ModifyAStyle.html. >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > Jay Freedman >> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >> > newsgroup so all may benefit. >> > >> > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:06:01 -0800, Mel <mel(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> > >> >>Help. After a year of being able to type documents with my Word, >> >>suddenly >> >>it >> >>is automatically double spacing. I checked the format and it is set on >> >>single >> >>space. The only way I can get the document to single space is to keep >> >>typing >> >>to the end of the line, then it wraps around in single space format. >> >>But >> >>to >> >>type a letter with address heading or anything else that I need to hit >> >>enter >> >>and return to another line before reaching the end of the right margin, >> >>it >> >>double spaces. I have not been able to write any letters. >> >>Mel >> > >> >> . >> > |