Spacing Issue

[Texas]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I just got the 2008 PowerPoint and in the past I could adjust the Spacing of sentences/paragraphs as far as I chose. I can increase Spacing, but I cannot decrease Spacing beyond a certain amount on this new version. Help!

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Tex -

I'm unclear on what you're referring to. Control of Line Spacing & Spacing
Before/After Paragraphs is improved in PPt 2008 ‹ comparable to what Word
offers. That control, however is just in a somewhat more appropriate
location: Format> Paragraph rather than Format> Line Spacing. If that
doesn't provide what you want can you be more descriptive of the problem?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[sharon]

I think he was referring to the default for Word 2008. When a line wraps, it's single space, but if you hit Return, it gives you another extra space as if you were typesetting (I'm a graphic designer and we do that all the time, have a little extra space between paragraphs instead of indenting the first line). It's Word's way obviously of taking the wheel, as usual.

The true single space (after paragraphs) is not immediately available in the usual places, I've searched all over, and man, I wish I could find it. Hitting Line Spacing as you say does nothing to this expanded paragraph return.

When I use a word processor, I need a WORD PROCESSOR. Single space, total control. I rarely use Word anymore unless I have to share files, because I need clean copy files with no formatting to import into my grpahics docs. I usually compose my writing in my mail since it's easy to choose "no formatting" (what a concept!), because Microsoft thinks we are such dummies we can't even format our own documents. Talk about Big Brother. It would be OK except it's also erratic with bullets, spacing, indents etc. It's like trying to drive a car with bad steering, bad tires and a backwards transmission.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Sharon -

I appreciate your comments, but if even though the message was posted in the
Word group the OP specifically referred to PowerPoint. Although we all have
a tendency to read between the lines from time to time I generally try to
avoid assuming that posters "meant" something diametrically opposed to what
they actually wrote ;-)

Control of leading (Line Spacing as well as Spacing Before/After Paragraphs)
is something over which the user has complete control in Word. It's handled
as a Paragraph Formatting attribute & most effectively managed through the
use of Styles - Just as it is in InDesign, QuarkXPress, etc. I'm not sure
what "usual places" you've searched, but if you take a look in Format>
Paragraph it'll be staring you in the face

What you describe as suiting your need applies more to a Text Editor than a
Word Processor. There's no question that the power of Word far exceeds the
requirements of many who attempt to use it. You might have a look at Mac's
TextEdit application as an alternative. No offense or criticism - just a
shortcoming on my part, I guess - but I honestly can't conceive of a
workflow that would be enhanced by composing text in an email program.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac