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[nnicko]

Hi! Is there any way to set a default paragraph spaciing in Word XP so I
don't have to it every time I create a Word document?

For example when I copy a document from the web into Word I then say Match
Destination Formating. In doing so it doesn't put a line of space between the
paragraphs. So I then have do Edit/Select All/Format/Paragraph/Spacing and I
set it 6 pt.

It would be nice if I could set a default paragraph space of 6 pt. so I
don't have to do it each and every time I work with a document in Word.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide!!!

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi! Is there any way to set a default paragraph spaciing in Word XP so I
don't have to it every time I create a Word document?

For example when I copy a document from the web into Word I then say Match
Destination Formating. In doing so it doesn't put a line of space between the
paragraphs. So I then have do Edit/Select All/Format/Paragraph/Spacing and I
set it 6 pt.

It would be nice if I could set a default paragraph space of 6 pt. so I
don't have to do it each and every time I work with a document in Word.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide!!!

One way is to modify the Normal style (or whatever style you prefer to use for
body text) in the Normal.dot template, as described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm. Then
the "default formatting" will include the Space After.

Another way is to create a macro to paste the clipboard contents with
destination formatting in the same step and, if you don't want the default text
style to have 6 pt Space After, add it specifically to the pasted material. See
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...55500671c8bc?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#90cb55500671c8bc
to get started with this.

 

[nnicko]

Thank you very much Jay!!!!

 

[nnicko]

Hello again Jay! Perhaps I'm just tired or computer illiterate but all I
could find at MVP was this:

When you change the default font, you change the font for the Normal style.
It is not advisable to make any other changes in the Normal style because so
many other styles are based on it. If you make Normal justified, for example,
or give it some Spacing Before or After, this change may ripple down to other
styles (see “How styles in Word cascadeâ€).

It says it's not advisable to make any changes to Normal style except font
so I'm still at a loss as to how to set a default paragraph space.

Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I would advise that you use the built-in Body Text style, which already has
6 points Spacing After. You can select the default empty paragraph in
Normal.dot and format it as Body Text so that you'll start with that style.

 

[nnicko]

Hellos Suzanne! Thank you for your reply.

I'm at a loss. I did a search for Normal.dot figuring I would open it and
find Body Text sytle but the search found nothing for Normal.dot. Obviously I
haven't a clue what I'm supposed to do. Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm for
instructions on how to locate Normal.dot.