Unwanted Double Line Spacing on Word Doc

**Cyberdude** · 11-13-2005, 03:44 PM

I'm using Word to write a document, and I copied some stuff from the Excel Help file to the Word doc. It was pasted as a text box of some sort, so I copied each line from the box to another area of the doc. Now all the lines I type have what appears to be double line spacing. I can change the font size, but I can't get back to single line spacing. I have the format set on "normal" which usually is OK for me. What am I missing?

**Killian** · 11-13-2005, 04:02 PM

Have you checked the paragraph formatting? (Format>Paragraph)
That's where the line spacing is set, rather than at character level (which is what a font controls)
As a rule of thumb, when copying into Word, I tend to use Paste Special>Unformatted Text and apply Word formatting from there - it avoids thing like this.

**ctengelen** · 11-14-2005, 07:16 AM

If the line spacing is set to single in the Format>Paragraph setting, you may also want to have a look in the 'Line Spacing' area and make sure that the Before and After spacing is set to zero.

Trudy

**ctengelen** · 11-14-2005, 08:34 AM

Just looked at my instructions again and I don't think I was very clear on it with all that Spacing information.

Format>Paragraph check the Spacing area to make sure it is set to 0 Before and 0 After and the Line Spacing is set to single.

Trudy

11-13-2005, 03:44 PM	#1
Cyberdude VBAX Expert Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 990 Kb Entries: 2 Articles: 5	Unwanted Double Line Spacing on Word Doc I'm using Word to write a document, and I copied some stuff from the Excel Help file to the Word doc. It was pasted as a text box of some sort, so I copied each line from the box to another area of the doc. Now all the lines I type have what appears to be double line spacing. I can change the font size, but I can't get back to single line spacing. I have the format set on "normal" which usually is OK for me. What am I missing?
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11-13-2005, 04:02 PM	#2
Killian Knowledge Base Approver VBAX Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,132 Kb Entries: 7 Articles: 0	Have you checked the paragraph formatting? (Format>Paragraph) That's where the line spacing is set, rather than at character level (which is what a font controls) As a rule of thumb, when copying into Word, I tend to use Paste Special>Unformatted Text and apply Word formatting from there - it avoids thing like this. K :-)
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11-14-2005, 07:16 AM	#3
ctengelen VBAX Regular Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 78 Kb Entries: 0 Articles: 0	If the line spacing is set to single in the Format>Paragraph setting, you may also want to have a look in the 'Line Spacing' area and make sure that the Before and After spacing is set to zero. Trudy
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11-14-2005, 08:34 AM	#4
ctengelen VBAX Regular Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 78 Kb Entries: 0 Articles: 0	Just looked at my instructions again and I don't think I was very clear on it with all that Spacing information. Format>Paragraph check the *Spacing* area to make sure it is set to 0 Before and 0 After and the Line Spacing is set to single. Trudy
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