word 2007 help
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jimkonow
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i see what you mean...even when its single spaced, it seems as if its doubled. try printing / print preview, might just be a visual aid in word itself, and it might print normal.
*write something out, then highlight it. then, right click and hit Paragraph, and set the Line Spacing to Single*
*write something out, then highlight it. then, right click and hit Paragraph, and set the Line Spacing to Single*
mandalucas
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Word paragraph spacing rules can be quite troublesome. One trick is to consider the difference between the end of a paragraph (enter) end the end of a line within a paragraph (shift + enter). If you are typing an address, chances are you do not want word to consider each line as a spearate paragraph of text, but instead each address as an entire paragraph. Not only will this eliminate the extra space after each line, but it also allows word to keep the lines of an address together when they might try to break accross a page or split between columns.
To see an example of this, type an address both ways:
Amanda Lucas (shift + enter)
175 Tri County Parkway(shift + enter)
Cincinnati, OH 45246 (ENTER)
Amanda Lucas (enter)
175 Tri County Parkway(enter)
Cincinnati, OH 45246 (enter)
If you then click above the addresses and hit enter a bunch of times, the addresses will move down the page. When the bottom address reaches the end of the page, one line at a time will move to the following page. Hit enter again and observe each line moving separately from the others. Continue hitting enter until the top address gets to the end of the page. When you hit enter again, the entire address will move to the next page as a single unit. This happens because there are paragraph rules that have also been applied by default to the paragraph that prevent one line of a paragraph from being left on a page by itself. The rule, Widow/Orphan, is found in the Format | Paragraph dialog on the Line and Page Breaks tab.
Hope this helps!
Amanda Lucas, MOS, MMI
Word paragraph spacing rules can be quite troublesome. One trick is to consider the difference between the end of a paragraph (enter) end the end of a line within a paragraph (shift + enter). If you are typing an address, chances are you do not want word to consider each line as a spearate paragraph of text, but instead each address as an entire paragraph. Not only will this eliminate the extra space after each line, but it also allows word to keep the lines of an address together when they might try to break accross a page or split between columns.
To see an example of this, type an address both ways:
Amanda Lucas (shift + enter)
175 Tri County Parkway(shift + enter)
Cincinnati, OH 45246 (ENTER)
Amanda Lucas (enter)
175 Tri County Parkway(enter)
Cincinnati, OH 45246 (enter)
If you then click above the addresses and hit enter a bunch of times, the addresses will move down the page. When the bottom address reaches the end of the page, one line at a time will move to the following page. Hit enter again and observe each line moving separately from the others. Continue hitting enter until the top address gets to the end of the page. When you hit enter again, the entire address will move to the next page as a single unit. This happens because there are paragraph rules that have also been applied by default to the paragraph that prevent one line of a paragraph from being left on a page by itself. The rule, Widow/Orphan, is found in the Format | Paragraph dialog on the Line and Page Breaks tab.
Hope this helps!
Amanda Lucas, MOS, MMI