Single Spacing

[GAB]

When I'm trying to type a list of items, I can't keep it in single space -- it wants to double space after each line.

How can I keep this from happening?

I want to the list to be single spaced.

Thanks!

GAB

 

[Michel Bintener]

This is not actually single spacing, it's a "space after" setting that
Microsoft enabled for the default Normal style. To get rid of it, click on
Format>Style, make sure "Normal" is selected in the list, then click on
Modify. Choose Paragraph from the dropdown button which reads Format, then
set the Spacing After to 0 pt. Click on OK, then check the box that reads
"Add to Template". Go back to your document and quit Word to force it to
save these changes. Any new document you now create should no longer have
this Space After setting.

When I'm trying to type a list of items, I can't keep it in single space -- it
wants to double space after each line.

How can I keep this from happening?

I want to the list to be single spaced.

Thanks!

GAB

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***

 

[MC]

This is not actually single spacing, it's a "space after" setting that
Microsoft enabled for the default Normal style. To get rid of it, click on
Format>Style, make sure "Normal" is selected in the list, then click on
Modify. Choose Paragraph from the dropdown button which reads Format, then
set the Spacing After to 0 pt. Click on OK, then check the box that reads
"Add to Template". Go back to your document and quit Word to force it to
save these changes. Any new document you now create should no longer have
this Space After setting.

This is probably the most F of the FAQs regarding 2008.

My take:Whether or not it's a good idea, enough people are confused by
it or simply don't like it that it should be the option not the default
-- and it should be in Prefs, not buried in Styles, where a lot of users
who are not as savvy as the MVPs won't ever think of looking.

 

[Michel Bintener]

This is probably the most F of the FAQs regarding 2008.

My take:Whether or not it's a good idea, enough people are confused by
it or simply don't like it that it should be the option not the default
-- and it should be in Prefs, not buried in Styles, where a lot of users
who are not as savvy as the MVPs won't ever think of looking.

Well, it is a style property, so placing it anywhere other than in the
'Modify Style' section would not make sense. It is indeed a more advanced
setting that occasional users of word processors are very unlikely to use,
and I agree that it should be set to 0pt by default for the very reasons you
mention. If it's any consolation at all, Pages behaves in just the same way
(default 6pt for Spacing after).

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***

 

[MC]

My take:Whether or not it's a good idea, enough people are confused by
it or simply don't like it that it should be the option not the default
-- and it should be in Prefs, not buried in Styles, where a lot of users
who are not as savvy as the MVPs won't ever think of looking.

Well, it is a style property, so placing it anywhere other than in the
'Modify Style' section would not make sense. It is indeed a more advanced
setting that occasional users of word processors are very unlikely to use,
and I agree that it should be set to 0pt by default for the very reasons you
mention. If it's any consolation at all, Pages behaves in just the same way
(default 6pt for Spacing after).[/QUOTE]

So does Movie Magic Screenwriter 2000 -- which is based on Word.