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From: sheana on 5 Apr 2010 07:50 I have Windows 7 and Word 2007. It is very different from Word 2003. At the top, there are font "Styles". How do I get the lines to single-space instead of double-space? Also, when I tried to type a centered heading for a letter, the font kept switching back and forth between the quick styles if I would hit the return, or try to center the line. How do you alter these quick styles? I like some of them, but often the font is too large and they double instead of single-space everything. Thanks in advance.
From: Terry Farrell on 5 Apr 2010 09:05 Line Spacing: Format Paragraph and change the Space After to 0: by default it is set to 10pt. To change the formatting, right-click on the Style and select MODIFY. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:A4C93B5E-C4B1-4482-9A3F-D0E7E1F867D7(a)microsoft.com... > I have Windows 7 and Word 2007. It is very different from Word 2003. At > the top, there are font "Styles". How do I get the lines to single-space > instead of double-space? Also, when I tried to type a centered heading for > a letter, the font kept switching back and forth between the quick styles > if I would hit the return, or try to center the line. How do you alter > these quick styles? I like some of them, but often the font is too large > and they double instead of single-space everything. Thanks in advance.
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 5 Apr 2010 09:09 See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102310271033.aspx?pid=CH100970231033 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:A4C93B5E-C4B1-4482-9A3F-D0E7E1F867D7(a)microsoft.com... >I have Windows 7 and Word 2007. It is very different from Word 2003. At the >top, there are font "Styles". How do I get the lines to single-space >instead of double-space? Also, when I tried to type a centered heading for >a letter, the font kept switching back and forth between the quick styles >if I would hit the return, or try to center the line. How do you alter >these quick styles? I like some of them, but often the font is too large >and they double instead of single-space everything. Thanks in advance. >
From: sheana on 5 Apr 2010 17:09 Another question. I don't remember this in Word 2003. There is a new feature called "Quick Styles". There is a row of icons at the top of Word that have a sample of the font and designation as "normal" or "heading". If I select a "heading" style and type, and then hit the enter key, the selection moves to the first square or icon in the row. I can't get it to stay on the (say 3rd or 4th) icon that says "heading". Furthermore, while on the line that is typed with the "normal" small font, if I select the heading font, it changes the text to that font, but when I hit the enter key, it double-spaces, even though I have gone into that style and modified it to "no spacing". Can you explain this to me? Thanks in advance. "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell(a)msn.com> wrote in message news:Ogj1tCM1KHA.224(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Line Spacing: Format Paragraph and change the Space After to 0: by default > it is set to 10pt. > > To change the formatting, right-click on the Style and select MODIFY. > > -- > Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > > "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:A4C93B5E-C4B1-4482-9A3F-D0E7E1F867D7(a)microsoft.com... >> I have Windows 7 and Word 2007. It is very different from Word 2003. At >> the top, there are font "Styles". How do I get the lines to single-space >> instead of double-space? Also, when I tried to type a centered heading >> for a letter, the font kept switching back and forth between the quick >> styles if I would hit the return, or try to center the line. How do you >> alter these quick styles? I like some of them, but often the font is too >> large and they double instead of single-space everything. Thanks in >> advance. >
From: Herb Tyson [MVP] on 5 Apr 2010 17:24
> I can't get it to stay on the (say 3rd or 4th) icon that says "heading". The normal use of headings is a concise description of the text that follows. For example: THE AMERICAN ROBIN This thrush, a member of the Turdidae family, is the largest of the thrushes of North America. Members of the Turdidae clan, which number more than three hundred species, are found all over the world and share many common traits. These feathered friends possess one of the most well-known and beloved songs of all songbirds. Also in common is the spotted plumage of the newborn, which is the white color that encircles the eye, the long, slender beak and the strong stout legs that enable the robin to maintain its very erect stance as it stalks the ground in search of food. It's generally expected that once you've typed a heading, you now want to type "body text", not one heading after another. This is controlled by the "Style for following paragraph" setting in the Modify Style dialog box. If you really want one heading after another, you can change the setting... but that suggests that you're not exactly using headings as intended... it sounds more like you're trying to type an outline, in which case... If you want to type an outline, then you'd have better luck switching to Outline view. In Outline view, when you press Enter, another line of the same heading level gets created--you can use the tools shown in the ribbon or keyboard shortcuts to switch heading levels as desired. > double-spaces, even though I have gone into that style and modified it to > "no spacing". I don't see a "no spacing" option. Where are you seeing that? If you mean that you're getting additional spacing between paragraphs, that's controlled by the Spacing After: setting in the Indents and Spacing tab in the Paragraph dialog box. You can also control these in the Page Layout tab, but if you want the change to affect everything in the future, then you'd need either to modify the style, or to choose (perhaps) the Word 2003 Style Set. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:ONgXPRQ1KHA.4832(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Another question. I don't remember this in Word 2003. There is a new > feature called "Quick Styles". There is a row of icons at the top of Word > that have a sample of the font and designation as "normal" or "heading". > If I select a "heading" style and type, and then hit the enter key, the > selection moves to the first square or icon in the row. I can't get it to > stay on the (say 3rd or 4th) icon that says "heading". Furthermore, while > on the line that is typed with the "normal" small font, if I select the > heading font, it changes the text to that font, but when I hit the enter > key, it double-spaces, even though I have gone into that style and > modified it to "no spacing". Can you explain this to me? Thanks in > advance. > > "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell(a)msn.com> wrote in message > news:Ogj1tCM1KHA.224(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Line Spacing: Format Paragraph and change the Space After to 0: by >> default it is set to 10pt. >> >> To change the formatting, right-click on the Style and select MODIFY. >> >> -- >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP >> >> "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:A4C93B5E-C4B1-4482-9A3F-D0E7E1F867D7(a)microsoft.com... >>> I have Windows 7 and Word 2007. It is very different from Word 2003. At >>> the top, there are font "Styles". How do I get the lines to single-space >>> instead of double-space? Also, when I tried to type a centered heading >>> for a letter, the font kept switching back and forth between the quick >>> styles if I would hit the return, or try to center the line. How do you >>> alter these quick styles? I like some of them, but often the font is too >>> large and they double instead of single-space everything. Thanks in >>> advance. >> |