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From: Arlene on 17 May 2010 12:16
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.
From: Yves Dhondt on 17 May 2010 12:48
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, check http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102310271033.aspx for
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" <Arlene(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.

From: Peter T. Daniels on 17 May 2010 14:48
I'd sure like to know where they got the idea that the excess line
spacing makes the text "easier to read" -- and also why they picked a
font that they think is "optimized for monitor display" -- especially
now that there are so many different kinds of displays in use --
rather than best for print on paper.

On May 17, 12:48 pm, "Yves Dhondt" <yves.dho...(a)gmail.com> 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.-
From: Stefan Blom on 17 May 2010 15:02
Indeed.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
news:9f3125d6-8d26-4af7-a28e-8ffcc8b35535(a)r9g2000vbk.googlegroups.com...
I'd sure like to know where they got the idea that the excess line
spacing makes the text "easier to read" -- and also why they picked a
font that they think is "optimized for monitor display" -- especially
now that there are so many different kinds of displays in use --
rather than best for print on paper.

On May 17, 12:48 pm, "Yves Dhondt" <yves.dho...(a)gmail.com> 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.-


From: Yves Dhondt on 17 May 2010 16:20
Sometimes when I read a tightly spaced (in height) printed text it happens
that when I come to the end of a line and move my eyes back to read the next
line, I end up skipping a line or returning to the same line. This is
probably more an issue of me having one lazy eye, but I guess that a more
widely spaced text deminishes that problem.

Yves

"Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uoc4YLf9KHA.980(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Indeed.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
> (Message posted via NNTP)
>
>
>
> "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:9f3125d6-8d26-4af7-a28e-8ffcc8b35535(a)r9g2000vbk.googlegroups.com...
> I'd sure like to know where they got the idea that the excess line
> spacing makes the text "easier to read" -- and also why they picked a
> font that they think is "optimized for monitor display" -- especially
> now that there are so many different kinds of displays in use --
> rather than best for print on paper.
>
> On May 17, 12:48 pm, "Yves Dhondt" <yves.dho...(a)gmail.com> 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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