How to force Line Spacing?
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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 1 Nov 2009 19:24 I wouldn't have thought so (I would have guessed that precision would be only half a point or at most a tenth), but Word allows me to type in such a measurement, and when I return to the paragraph dialog, it displays this measurement, so try it and see whether it works for you. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Robert Macy" <macy(a)california.com> wrote in message news:6816d3dc-f5db-4158-8a2e-9adf41263f2f(a)v37g2000prg.googlegroups.com... On Nov 1, 2:03 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: > Jay has explained how to use Exact line spacing. Another possible gotcha > here (also from ancient experience): if you happen to insert a picture > into > a paragraph with Exact line spacing, you'll see only a narrow strip of it, > and it may be quite a while before you figure out what's wrong! > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org > > "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message > > news:4d541005-46f1-417e-9f07-8b6ac822adfa(a)z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Word97 on Win98FE: > > > I need to adjust the line spacing whether a line contains slightly > > larger fonts, or not. > > > I first tried outlining the text, then turning it into a table, 'none' > > separation, and FORCE all to be 12 pt, matching the original font. > > Looks great. > > > Then I made one character 16, which should just fit, but its presence > > causes that single line to move down, and out of view ?? I tried page > > setup layout fo this one line and that doesn't work, either. > > > So, how do I make the bottom edge of a line stay evenly spaced down > > the paper? Regardless of what that line contains? Got it! However, I've got a small problem, but can workaround it (I think) All the 14 pt text highlighted, and Exact at 16 pt makes all the text almost the same total height. And, there in lays the problem, "almost the same height" For most of my uses, this will be ok, just irksome. But could be catastrophic if I neded it to match the other column beside it. So, is there some way to put in line height of 16.05 pt?
From: Jay Freedman on 1 Nov 2009 19:53 On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:02:05 -0800 (PST), Robert Macy <macy(a)california.com> wrote: >On Nov 1, 2:03�pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: >> Jay has explained how to use Exact line spacing. Another possible gotcha >> here (also from ancient experience): if you happen to insert a picture into >> a paragraph with Exact line spacing, you'll see only a narrow strip of it, >> and it may be quite a while before you figure out what's wrong! >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org >> >> "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message >> >> news:4d541005-46f1-417e-9f07-8b6ac822adfa(a)z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > Word97 on Win98FE: >> >> > I need to adjust the line spacing whether a line contains slightly >> > larger fonts, or not. >> >> > I first tried outlining the text, then turning it into a table, 'none' >> > separation, and FORCE all to be 12 pt, matching the original font. >> > Looks great. >> >> > Then I made one character 16, which should just fit, but its presence >> > causes that single line to move down, and out of view ?? �I tried page >> > setup layout fo this one line and that doesn't work, either. >> >> > So, how do I make the bottom edge of a line stay evenly spaced down >> > the paper? �Regardless of what that line contains? > >Got it! > >However, I've got a small problem, but can workaround it (I think) > >All the 14 pt text highlighted, and Exact at 16 pt makes all the text >almost the same total height. And, there in lays the problem, "almost >the same height" > >For most of my uses, this will be ok, just irksome. But could be >catastrophic if I neded it to match the other column beside it. > >So, is there some way to put in line height of 16.05 pt? Yes, of course -- just type 16.05 pt in the At box for line spacing. -- 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.
From: Robert Macy on 1 Nov 2009 21:12 On Nov 1, 4:53 pm, Jay Freedman <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:02:05 -0800 (PST), Robert Macy > > > > > > <m...(a)california.com> wrote: > >On Nov 1, 2:03 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: > >> Jay has explained how to use Exact line spacing. Another possible gotcha > >> here (also from ancient experience): if you happen to insert a picture into > >> a paragraph with Exact line spacing, you'll see only a narrow strip of it, > >> and it may be quite a while before you figure out what's wrong! > > >> -- > >> Suzanne S. Barnhill > >> Microsoft MVP (Word) > >> Words into Type > >> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org > > >> "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message > > >>news:4d541005-46f1-417e-9f07-8b6ac822adfa(a)z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com.... > > >> > Word97 on Win98FE: > > >> > I need to adjust the line spacing whether a line contains slightly > >> > larger fonts, or not. > > >> > I first tried outlining the text, then turning it into a table, 'none' > >> > separation, and FORCE all to be 12 pt, matching the original font. > >> > Looks great. > > >> > Then I made one character 16, which should just fit, but its presence > >> > causes that single line to move down, and out of view ?? I tried page > >> > setup layout fo this one line and that doesn't work, either. > > >> > So, how do I make the bottom edge of a line stay evenly spaced down > >> > the paper? Regardless of what that line contains? > > >Got it! > > >However, I've got a small problem, but can workaround it (I think) > > >All the 14 pt text highlighted, and Exact at 16 pt makes all the text > >almost the same total height. And, there in lays the problem, "almost > >the same height" > > >For most of my uses, this will be ok, just irksome. But could be > >catastrophic if I neded it to match the other column beside it. > > >So, is there some way to put in line height of 16.05 pt? > > Yes, of course -- just type 16.05 pt in the At box for line spacing. > > -- > 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. Suzanne and Jay, Thank you for suggesting I try it. It works! In this instance, I actually needed 16.10 pt, and that nudged the length to just match within tolerances at 500% I once this tried 'micro-adjusting' on font height and it seemed to only adjust with integer steps, even thought the display said something else. Maybe it was working and I couldn't see it. But, still the bottom line: confirm 16.05 and 16.10 both show up as subtle changes to the overall height.
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 2 Nov 2009 00:20 Font size can be adjusted only in half-point increments (which is why I would have expected the same for line spacing). Publisher allows 0.1-point increments in font size. I really was surprised that line spacing can be adjusted so much more precisely. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Robert Macy" <macy(a)california.com> wrote in message news:55e260ad-065c-4040-b36f-427f5b27c8b3(a)z3g2000prd.googlegroups.com... On Nov 1, 4:53 pm, Jay Freedman <jay.freed...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:02:05 -0800 (PST), Robert Macy > > > > > > <m...(a)california.com> wrote: > >On Nov 1, 2:03 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...(a)mvps.org> wrote: > >> Jay has explained how to use Exact line spacing. Another possible > >> gotcha > >> here (also from ancient experience): if you happen to insert a picture > >> into > >> a paragraph with Exact line spacing, you'll see only a narrow strip of > >> it, > >> and it may be quite a while before you figure out what's wrong! > > >> -- > >> Suzanne S. Barnhill > >> Microsoft MVP (Word) > >> Words into Type > >> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org > > >> "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message > > >>news:4d541005-46f1-417e-9f07-8b6ac822adfa(a)z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > >> > Word97 on Win98FE: > > >> > I need to adjust the line spacing whether a line contains slightly > >> > larger fonts, or not. > > >> > I first tried outlining the text, then turning it into a table, > >> > 'none' > >> > separation, and FORCE all to be 12 pt, matching the original font. > >> > Looks great. > > >> > Then I made one character 16, which should just fit, but its presence > >> > causes that single line to move down, and out of view ?? I tried page > >> > setup layout fo this one line and that doesn't work, either. > > >> > So, how do I make the bottom edge of a line stay evenly spaced down > >> > the paper? Regardless of what that line contains? > > >Got it! > > >However, I've got a small problem, but can workaround it (I think) > > >All the 14 pt text highlighted, and Exact at 16 pt makes all the text > >almost the same total height. And, there in lays the problem, "almost > >the same height" > > >For most of my uses, this will be ok, just irksome. But could be > >catastrophic if I neded it to match the other column beside it. > > >So, is there some way to put in line height of 16.05 pt? > > Yes, of course -- just type 16.05 pt in the At box for line spacing. > > -- > 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. Suzanne and Jay, Thank you for suggesting I try it. It works! In this instance, I actually needed 16.10 pt, and that nudged the length to just match within tolerances at 500% I once this tried 'micro-adjusting' on font height and it seemed to only adjust with integer steps, even thought the display said something else. Maybe it was working and I couldn't see it. But, still the bottom line: confirm 16.05 and 16.10 both show up as subtle changes to the overall height.
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