my document is now double spaced and I can't seem to fix it.

[Guest]

Help!

I have been working on a lengthy document in Word. One day when I was
proofreading and working on a TOC, the document suddenly became double space.
When I checked the formatting it is still listed as single spaced, but looks
and prints in double space. How can I fix this.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Check the space before and after your paragraphs, not your line spacing.
Format | Paragraph | make sure the space before and after is set to zero.

 

[Guest]

Carol,

Thank you so much for the tip about spacing. I don't really understand the
"what" of what happened, but your suggestion worked. Thanks.

Jennifer

 

[Guest]

Glad I could help you Jennifer.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Likely a combination of the bug that causes the Normal style to be set to
update automatically (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm) and
inadvertently pressing Ctrl+0, which adds 12 points Spacing Before to a
paragraph. I suggest you investigate the first problem because, if it hasn't
been corrected, it will come back to bite you whenever you apply any kind of
direct formatting to any paragraph.

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

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