Word Spacing

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

I find that when I start a document, word seems to place everything in double spacing. When I go to the formatting palette, I find that it says I am in single space, but the spacing on the document is double. How do I get single spacing in my document? It seems to be in the header when writing a letter.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

It's not actually double-spacing that is the problem. Word changed the
default to add more space between paragraphs, so that each paragraph
will be single-spaced, but between paragraphs, you get extra space.
Paragraphs are created every time you hit enter.

To change in just this document, select all, go to Format | Paragraph.
Look down to the find the Spacing: After field, and change 10 to 0. You
might need to fix the header by selecting that text separately and
repeating the Spacing change.

To change this in all documents created from now on, change the Normal
style.

First, select Format | Style. Normal should be selected.

Click on Modify--make sure "add to template" is CHECKED. You'll see a
Format menu in the bottom of the dialog--select Paragraph from it, and
change the Spacing: After setting from 10 to 0.