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From: Arlene on 18 May 2010 23:46
Gotcha--but wouldn't those same folks be very confused by the extra spacing
when they want to single space, such as in the inside address of a letter?
They would have to use Shift+Enter or use the No Spacing style. If Show/Hide
Paragraph Marks is too hard, they would probably go catatonic over the other
options. :-) Again, can't imagine what is gained by the extra spacing. Seems
to create more issues than it resolves.

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

> The people Yves is talking about are the ones who don't know how to
> use a word processor -- and don't even turn on "Show Paragraph Marks"
> so that they can see what they're doing to their files. Then they come
> here and ask (for instance) why their printer is printing an extra
> blank page at the end of their document!
>
> Folks who make Web pages say that Word is a lousy tool for doing html.
>
> On May 18, 1:56 pm, Arlene <Arl...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I did some research on some Microsoft blog sites back when 2007 was released.
> > The blogs pointed out that there was indeed controversy over extra spacing
> > increasing readability and other dissatisfaction apparently prompted
> > Microsoft to add the Word 2003 Style Set as an optionin both Word 2007 and
> > now in Word 2010. Since they continued to include the Word 2003 Style Set in
> > Word 2010, I'm assuming Microsoft received enough requests from customers to
> > warrrant continuing the Word 2003 Style Set.
> >
> > Yves, I'm interested in your comment about "creating empty paragraphs all
> > over the place and making automation always a tad more difficult." Are you
> > saying that Word files would be auotmated in some way by users or perhaps
> > converted to Web pages? Just wondering what you meant, and thanks again for
> > your input.
> >
> > Arlene
> >
> >
> >
> > "Yves Dhondt" wrote:
> > > Where do you get the idea that "enough people are dissatisfied with it"?
> > > Especially if you end your message with "and I suspect I'm not alone."
> >
> > > Anyway, checkhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102310271033.aspxfor
> > > an explaination.
> >
> > > I'm impartial towards the line height but I am a huge fan of the addition of
> > > whitespace at the end of a paragraph. People just pressed enter too many
> > > times creating empty paragraphs all over the place and making automation
> > > always a tad more difficult.
> >
> > > Yves
> >
> > > "Arlene" <Arl...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >news:860FE12A-E218-4DE0-8CE1-C245C9E3279F(a)microsoft.com...
> > > > Can someone explain why Microsoft opted to change the default style set in
> > > > Word 2007 and now in Word 2010 to include mutliple line spacing at 1.15
> > > > between lines and 10-pt. spacing after paragraphs? Evidently, enough
> > > > people
> > > > are dissatisfied with it that they also opted to continue the Word 2003
> > > > Style
> > > > Set as a style option. I greatly dislike the 2007/2010 Style Set and I
> > > > suspect I'm not alone.
> >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any input.
> .
>
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