Space after paragraph: lines or points?

[1011porchtown]

I have a document created by someone else (don't you love those?) and
the paragraph spacing is really confusing me (Format --> Paragraph -->
Spacing After). In some paragraphs, the "Spacing After" is measured in
points (12 points, 6 points, etc) as usual, but in other paragraphs
it's measured in lines (0.5 lines, 1 line, etc). I can't figure out
how to change the units to a uniform system through the whole document.
Any ideas?

~Jen S.

 

[1011porchtown]

Hello all,
I fixed it by force. I typed in "12 pt" in the box that used to say "1
line" and the units are now changed. Previously I was trying to type
"12" in that box, but then I would get a spacing of 12 lines! So I
just had to tell it that I wanted points instead of lines. I didn't
know you could do that.
~Jen

 

[Beth Melton]

Yep, you can type line, pt, and " (inches) - it's very handy, actually.

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