Justified soft return

[Matthew Smith]

I use justified text alot and need to know how to turn off
the justification on the last line of a paragraph when
using a soft return (shift return). I usually reformat to
align left for these paragraphs, but this makes the
document inconsistent

 

[Jay Freedman]

I use justified text alot and need to know how to turn off
the justification on the last line of a paragraph when
using a soft return (shift return). I usually reformat to
align left for these paragraphs, but this makes the
document inconsistent

You shouldn't use a line break (Shift+Enter) instead of a paragraph mark
(Enter) when you really want to end a paragraph. In Word, the meaning of a
line break is "I want to start a new line but *not* end the paragraph." In a
paragraph that has justification turned on, Word will justify *all* lines
except the last one.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Can you use a matching paragraph style with no space after (or before) and
use a hard return?

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Jay and Graham have given you the party line. If you have a good reason for
using a line break instead of a paragraph break, here are two workarounds:

1. Press Tab before the line break.

2. On the Compatibility tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Don't
expand character spaces for the line ending Shift-Return."

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[Matthew]

I am working within a 3 column table and do not want to
use a new row to separate items but do have sub items that
I want to line up in adjacent cols. If the various
paragraphs are different lenghts I am using soft returns
to line up (paragraphs I use have 6 point space after so I
cannot use a para return). I also use soft returns when
numbering rather than using the skip number function (as I
cannot find it in word 97 used by the company I work for).

I have tried the second option and it does not work on my
machine - any thoughts?

Thanks for your suggestion of the tab as that does solve
my problem.

Regards

Matthew P Smith

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Matthew > écrivait :
In this message, < Matthew > wrote:

|| I am working within a 3 column table and do not want to
|| use a new row to separate items but do have sub items that
|| I want to line up in adjacent cols. If the various
|| paragraphs are different lenghts I am using soft returns
|| to line up (paragraphs I use have 6 point space after so I
|| cannot use a para return). I also use soft returns when
|| numbering rather than using the skip number function (as I
|| cannot find it in word 97 used by the company I work for).
||

This is probably one the most inefficient way of achieving your goal.

Use the Pen from Table toolbar to add borderless rows. Trust me, in the long
run, it will be a lot easier, especially when you start editing the document
and various paragraphs end up changing length. Then, with your scenario, you
have to go in the other two columns and remove/add soft returns... Lots of
work for nothing. With a table row, you are guaranteed that things will stay
aligned, regardless of each cell content.

For the numbering, right click the numbered paragraph, select "Bullet and
Numbering" and choose "None".

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