suppress extra lines at the top of pages

[Bill Samuel]

I think it looks unprofessional to have an extra line at the top of a page
where double spacing and where text ends on a page creates it. I'm used to
WordPerfect, which automatically suppresses such lines. Word doesn't. I
ahve not been able to find anything in Word documentation on this subject,
Is there some way to set it so such lines are automatically suppressed in a
document? If you change an individual instance manually, then it doesn't
look right after edits change pagination.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

How are you achieving the double spacing?

Even though there are various options under Tools>Options>Compatibilty to
suppress extra line spacing (including one for suppressing "extra line
spacing like WordPerfect 5.x"), I do not get extra lines at the top of the
page when I format paragraphs as double spaced when a paragraph breaks over
a page, even without any of the Suppress Options checked.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I suspect your "double spacing" refers to a "blank line" between paragraphs
created by pressing Enter twice, which inserts an empty paragraph. A
paragraph in Word is a much more important entity in than in WP because each
paragraph mark holds a lot of formatting information, and inserting empty
paragraphs is a waste of resources that will increase your file size. You
should instead be using Space Before/After added to the paragraph format. An
easy way to add 12 pts Space Before (the equivalent of a blank line) is to
press Ctrl+0, but of course it is far preferable to achieve this effect
using styles. This Space Before will be suppressed at the top of a page (and
Space After is suppressed at the bottom).