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From: Adam616 on 23 Apr 2010 13:27
I am working on a paper for a professor who INSISTS that on a double-sided
document, the last line of text be flush with the page number at the bottom
of the page.

However, on pages with bulleted lists, this isn't working. The "blank
space" in the "Double Space" is at the bottom instead.

I realize that sounds a bit confusing so let me put this another way: I
have a document that is 100% double spaced everywhere. The entire document
is set to "0 pt" space before and after all paragraphs. Therefore the
bulleted lists should be spaced identically to a regular double-spaced
paragraph.

However when I take a bulleted list and turn off the bullets, the pagination
changes. A line is "sucked up" from the next page and is then "flush" with
the page number at the bottom (which is what the professor wants).

If *everything* is double-spaced, why should taking a few lines/paragraphs
and converting them to a bulleted list affect pagination in any way? Note
that none of the lines are changing from one line to two because of the
indent. All of them are 1-2 words, none of them even come close to the right
margin. If I could upload an example I would, it's very frustrating. I
appreciate any help.
From: Adam616 on 23 Apr 2010 13:31
Sorry error in my first paragraph.

Should say:

"I am working on a paper for a professor who INSISTS that on a double-SPACED
document, the last line of text be flush with the page number at the bottom
of the page."


"Adam616" wrote:

> I am working on a paper for a professor who INSISTS that on a double-sided
> document, the last line of text be flush with the page number at the bottom
> of the page.
>
> However, on pages with bulleted lists, this isn't working. The "blank
> space" in the "Double Space" is at the bottom instead.
>
> I realize that sounds a bit confusing so let me put this another way: I
> have a document that is 100% double spaced everywhere. The entire document
> is set to "0 pt" space before and after all paragraphs. Therefore the
> bulleted lists should be spaced identically to a regular double-spaced
> paragraph.
>
> However when I take a bulleted list and turn off the bullets, the pagination
> changes. A line is "sucked up" from the next page and is then "flush" with
> the page number at the bottom (which is what the professor wants).
>
> If *everything* is double-spaced, why should taking a few lines/paragraphs
> and converting them to a bulleted list affect pagination in any way? Note
> that none of the lines are changing from one line to two because of the
> indent. All of them are 1-2 words, none of them even come close to the right
> margin. If I could upload an example I would, it's very frustrating. I
> appreciate any help.
From: Stefan Blom on 23 Apr 2010 14:25
When line spacing is set to "Double" (or "Single" or "Multiple" for that matter), the actual distance between baselines depends on the font and font size. I'm guessing the bullet character changes the line spacing slightly in this case. What you can do is choose a *fixed* value for line spacing instead. Experiment to find out the suitable value for the font and size you have for the text.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Adam616" <Adam616(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:383F731E-F678-42C0-85A9-F144F4E91068(a)microsoft.com...
>I am working on a paper for a professor who INSISTS that on a double-sided
> document, the last line of text be flush with the page number at the bottom
> of the page.
>
> However, on pages with bulleted lists, this isn't working. The "blank
> space" in the "Double Space" is at the bottom instead.
>
> I realize that sounds a bit confusing so let me put this another way: I
> have a document that is 100% double spaced everywhere. The entire document
> is set to "0 pt" space before and after all paragraphs. Therefore the
> bulleted lists should be spaced identically to a regular double-spaced
> paragraph.
>
> However when I take a bulleted list and turn off the bullets, the pagination
> changes. A line is "sucked up" from the next page and is then "flush" with
> the page number at the bottom (which is what the professor wants).
>
> If *everything* is double-spaced, why should taking a few lines/paragraphs
> and converting them to a bulleted list affect pagination in any way? Note
> that none of the lines are changing from one line to two because of the
> indent. All of them are 1-2 words, none of them even come close to the right
> margin. If I could upload an example I would, it's very frustrating. I
> appreciate any help.


From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 23 Apr 2010 14:54
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm for a discussion of
the issues involved. FWIW, however, I've never heard of a layout that put
the page number and the last line of text on the same line.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Adam616" <Adam616(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:383F731E-F678-42C0-85A9-F144F4E91068(a)microsoft.com...
>I am working on a paper for a professor who INSISTS that on a double-sided
> document, the last line of text be flush with the page number at the
> bottom
> of the page.
>
> However, on pages with bulleted lists, this isn't working. The "blank
> space" in the "Double Space" is at the bottom instead.
>
> I realize that sounds a bit confusing so let me put this another way: I
> have a document that is 100% double spaced everywhere. The entire
> document
> is set to "0 pt" space before and after all paragraphs. Therefore the
> bulleted lists should be spaced identically to a regular double-spaced
> paragraph.
>
> However when I take a bulleted list and turn off the bullets, the
> pagination
> changes. A line is "sucked up" from the next page and is then "flush"
> with
> the page number at the bottom (which is what the professor wants).
>
> If *everything* is double-spaced, why should taking a few lines/paragraphs
> and converting them to a bulleted list affect pagination in any way? Note
> that none of the lines are changing from one line to two because of the
> indent. All of them are 1-2 words, none of them even come close to the
> right
> margin. If I could upload an example I would, it's very frustrating. I
> appreciate any help.
>

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