How do I stop double spacing after hitting the return key?

[Guest]

The problem occurs when I hit return key. Apparently, this is a formatting
problem. Within the paragraph, I have double spacing. But when I finish a
paragraph and hit the return key to start a new one, the program
automatically double spaces it, which is not what I want. I want my
paragraphs to be single spaced from each other within the document. How do I
fix this?
Thanks.

Please email your response to (e-mail address removed) or at
(e-mail address removed). I appreciate it.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Select the double-spaced paragraphs, click on Format | Paragraph
| Indents and Spacing, and set Spacing Before and After to zero.

 

[Guest]

Select all (Ctrl+A)

Format | Paragraph | Indents and Spacing tab

Set the spacing before and after to 0"

Check the box that says "Don't add a space between paragraphs of the same
style"

Cheers!

Pamela

 

[assisi61]

Select all (Ctrl+A)

Format | Paragraph | Indents and Spacing tab

Set the spacing before and after to 0"

Check the box that says "Don't add a space between paragraphs of the same
style"

Cheers!

Pamela

 

[assisi61]

I have to do this over and over and over, because I NEVER use the default
spacing for lines or paragraphs; even when I click default after setting as
you said, it never remains default, I have to change the spacing each and
every time to avoid the double-spacing and between paragraphs. Is this a
failure of the software or is there something else I can do to make my
settings permanent until I change them? (It happens as well with a simple
3-line address macro: sometimes it double-spaces, sometimes not. ?

 

[pameluh]

Select all (Ctrl+A)
Format | Paragraph | Indents and Spacing tab
Set the spacing before and after to 0 pt
Set the line spacing to Single
Check the box that says "Don't add a space between paragraphs of the same
style"

If that doesn't work, you will need to adjust your Normal style setting as
follows:

Format | Styles and Formatting
Select Normal
On the pull down arrow and select Modify
Click the "Format" button on the bottom left
Select Paragraph and follow the instructions above.

That should do it! Please let me know if that works!

Pamela

 

[Beth Melton]

After you modify the settings in the Paragraph dialog box click the Default
button at the bottom and confirm you want to change your Normal template.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

 

[Dennis Cooke]

After you modify the settings in the Paragraph dialog box click the Default
button at the bottom and confirm you want to change your Normal template.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

 

[Dennis Cooke]

After you modify the settings in the Paragraph dialog box click the Default
button at the bottom and confirm you want to change your Normal template.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx



When I go to format paragraph option the option "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" is grayed out, How do I make it active?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This option is available only for styles, not individual paragraphs. If you
want to remove spacing from a specific paragraph, just set the Space After
to zero. If the Space After is zero, there will be no space between
paragraphs to suppress.

 

[Bazza Short]

The problem occurs when I hit return key. Apparently, this is a formatting
problem. Within the paragraph, I have double spacing. But when I finish a
paragraph and hit the return key to start a new one, the program
automatically double spaces it, which is not what I want. I want my
paragraphs to be single spaced from each other within the document. How do I
fix this?
Thanks.

Please email your response to (e-mail address removed) or at
(e-mail address removed). I appreciate it.

 

[Howardstown08]

This option is available only for styles, not individual paragraphs. If you
want to remove spacing from a specific paragraph, just set the Space After
to zero. If the Space After is zero, there will be no space between
paragraphs to suppress.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

 

[Howardstown08]

Hi Pamela
Thank you for the tip. The problem I am having is the box re don't add space
is faded out and I'm unable to tick it. So I can only use the the change to
the new setting of the spacing to 0 before having to go back again to reset
it. Can you help?
Thanks
Colette

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is there a question here? Did you read my reply?

 

[Howardstown08]

Yes, I have made the adjustments to 0 spacing but I am unable to tick the box
"Don't add a space between paragraphs of the same style" It comes up faded
not allowing me to tick. When I have made the adjustment, it will work for
one email only, then I am back to going back into Format and re-doing the
instruction. Why will it not stay/remain applied and continue to revert back
to it's original format. I have read the many communicaitons and hope perhaps
there is another solution for me to try.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You are making the change in the format of a specific paragraph in a
specific email. You are not making the change in the style itself. If you
want to make the change for all new documents, you must make the change in
the style and write that change back to the template. If, as appears from
this thread, you have Word 2007 and are actually talking about emails rather
than Word documents, then you need to be posting in an Outlook newsgroup,
since only a clone of Word (not Word itself) is used for email in Outlook.

 

[Designer Jean]

I I have tried all of these suggestions and none of them are doing the job
permanently. I have Office 2003. I changed to Microsoft Word as my e-mail
editoras a possible source for a remedy. I have tried to make NORMAL Style
my e-mail default, but it keeps reverting back to Paragraph Style with double
line-spacing for each new e-mail. I also have tried this in my WORD and I,
too, find the grey box "Make This my Default" is grayed out. This shouldn't
be this difficult, or convoluted, as this is pretty basic stuff. All I want
is NORMAL to be my e-mail default style. What's wrong?

 

[grammatim]

This is probably a question about your email program and not about
Word, but why can't you simply accept that your email program requires
that "Paragraph" be the default style, and alter the parameters of the
Paragraph style?

 

[ve744]

I have read and done what has been suggested but I too keep getting double
spacing when writing an email. In Word I go to Format/Paragraph/Indent and
Spacings: in the "spacings" section there are 0's and "single". However, I
find no "Default" at the bottom of that page. Any other suggestions?
Thanks

 

[alpine4life]

THX for your reply, I'm not the original poster but your answr was easy to
follow, took my 11.7 sec to turn it off