How to change from double to single line spacing pressing enter

[Guest]

typing a document- end of line wrap around goes to next line/single space,
but if I press Enter the next line double space instead of single space. how
do I change it.
If I type Max does tax and loose lips sink ships and hit enter, after tax, i
want to get:

Max does tax (press Enter)
and loose lips sink ships
NOT
Max does tax (press Enter)

land loose lips sink ships. how to change from double to single. HELP!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Highlight your text and press CTRL+1. You can also do this:
Format|Paragraph|Spacing|Line Spacing|Single.

 

[Guest]

Highlight your text and press CTRL+1. You can also do this:
Format|Paragraph|Spacing|Line Spacing|Single.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are two parts to the answer to your question because there are two
things at play here, spacing within paragraphs and spacing between
paragraphs:

1. The paragraph style you're using is set for Single spacing, but it also
has some Spacing Before/After to create a "blank line" between paragraphs.
If you go to Format | Paragraph, you can see this spacing and reset it to 0
if desired.

2. If you *want* space between paragraphs, however, you can create a new
line without creating a new paragraph by pressing Shift+Enter, which inserts
a line break. This is helpful when you're typing poetry, for example, and
want single spacing between verses but double spacing between stanzas.

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

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typing a document- end of line wrap around goes to next line/single space,
but if I press Enter the next line double space instead of single space. how
do I change it.
If I type Max does tax and loose lips sink ships and hit enter, after tax, i
want to get:

Max does tax (press Enter)
and loose lips sink ships
NOT
Max does tax (press Enter)

land loose lips sink ships. how to change from double to single.

HELP!!!!!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are two parts to the answer to your question because there are two
things at play here, spacing within paragraphs and spacing between
paragraphs:

1. The paragraph style you're using is set for Single spacing, but it also
has some Spacing Before/After to create a "blank line" between paragraphs.
If you go to Format | Paragraph, you can see this spacing and reset it to 0
if desired.

2. If you *want* space between paragraphs, however, you can create a new
line without creating a new paragraph by pressing Shift+Enter, which inserts
a line break. This is helpful when you're typing poetry, for example, and
want single spacing between verses but double spacing between stanzas.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

typing a document- end of line wrap around goes to next line/single space,
but if I press Enter the next line double space instead of single space. how
do I change it.
If I type Max does tax and loose lips sink ships and hit enter, after tax, i
want to get:

Max does tax (press Enter)
and loose lips sink ships
NOT
Max does tax (press Enter)

land loose lips sink ships. how to change from double to single.

HELP!!!!!