Oddity with Word 2003 Line Spacing

[Richard A. De Liberty]

I have Word 2003 Beta 2 installed. When I use double spacing or multiple
spacing, the line of type aligns to the top of the spacing area, as it
should. But when I use Exactly or At least, it aligns the line of top to the
bottom of the spacing area. In other words, if have two columns with one
spaced at 24pts and the other at 12pts, the first line of text in the 24pt
column will be 12pts lower than the first line of text in the 12pt column.
This is very unattractive.

I've checked and previous versions of Word do not do this. Do I have some
setting wrong or is this a change with Office 2003? Any ideas?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is in fact the default behavior in all versions of Word. But in Word
2002 (and possibly some earlier versions), you can choose to have the text
centered. Tools | Options | Compatibility: Clear the check box for "Don't
center 'exact line height' lines." Generally it's best to avoid mixing
Multiple and Exact line spacing.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[Richard A. De Liberty]

Thanks, that worked!

This is in fact the default behavior in all versions of Word. But in Word
2002 (and possibly some earlier versions), you can choose to have the text
centered. Tools | Options | Compatibility: Clear the check box for "Don't
center 'exact line height' lines." Generally it's best to avoid mixing
Multiple and Exact line spacing.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.