line spacing AROUND font

[Guest]

Hope I'm in the correct group . . .

PC
WinXP Pro (2001 5.1, SP 2)
MS Word 2002

Main problem: a LOT of unneeded 'line spacing' above & below the font
itself, not the whole line (text centered on the page)

Arial Black 48, but same prob with plain Arial
Using Format>Borders and Shading>Shading>Fill: Gray 40%, Pattern:
Style-Clear, Apply to: Paragraph

Have already checked/tried:
- verified Format>Font>Character Spacing>Scale: 100%, Spacing: Normal,
Position: Normal, Kerning: NOT checked
- re-set Format>Paragraph>Indents and Spacing>Line Spacing to Single. Still
puts unwanted line spacing, about 1/2 the capital font size, both above and
below the font
- re-set same to 50, but while the non-text section is fine, the text
section is literally vertically larger than the rest of the line. Example:

.............*******.............
----------text here-----------
............. . . . . . . ..............
_______*******

(Ignoring the dashes and underlines, imagine the dots and asterisks are the
outside border of the shading)

Cannot understand why the shading wants to 'bulge out', as it were,
above/below the text.

Of course, does not show onscreen, just happens when it prints out.

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[Graham Mayor]

The amount of vertical space occupied by a font if fixed in the font
definition. What will print for a given font should be displayed in print
preview.
If you want to shade the background less than the height of the font space,
use a filled and borderless text box set behind the text.

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[Guest]

Perfect idea! Thank you SO much! I keep forgetting with MS programs one
must think "outside the box".

 

[Graham Mayor]

You are welcome.

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