Space before/after paragraphs

C

Candla2

I'm not really sure how to phrase my question, so I'll try to describe what
I'm seeing and hopefully someone can tell me how to correct/change it.

If I set 6 pt before and 6 pt after for all paragraphs within a section of
my document, in some of my documents Word actually only applies the 6 pt
before on the first paragraph of the "section" and not on the rest. Whereas
in other documents, the 6 pt before is applied to all paragraphs in the
document. In the first case, the result is that I have 6 pt before the first
paragraph, 6 pt between all paragraphs, and 6 pt after the last paragraph.
In the second case, the result is that I have 6 pt before the first
paragraph, 12 pt between all paragraphs, and 6 pt after the last paragraph.
(In case you're wondering, the first case is the preferred.) Formatting on
both documents appears to be the same (I've even copied the format from one
document to the other), formatting on all paragraphs in the section appear to
be the same, the check box for not adding space between paragraphs of the
same style is not selected for any of the paragraphs. The only difference I
can think of between the documents is the first case was created using Word
2007, while the second was upgraded to Word 2007 from a previous version.

Any ideas on how I can make both documents behave the same?

Thanks
 
G

grammatim

Or else, in the Format Paragraph panel for the style, the box for
"don't add space between paragraphs of the same style," which becomes
available when Space Before or Space After is used, is checked.
 
L

Lene Fredborg

That option is not selected (the OP said: "...the check box for not adding
space between paragraphs of the same style is not selected for any of the
paragraphs...").

In this case, that option could not have been the problem anyway since it
would have suppressed all space between the paragraphs.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word
 
L

Lene Fredborg

You are welcome.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word
 

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