What does 12 points of spacing before mean?

[Guest]

What does 12 points of spacing before and 3 points of space after?

 

[Anne Troy]

Spacing between this paragraph and the next. Points is a measurement of
type/font. 12 is the most commonly used. So 12 before is just the same
amount of space as if you hit the paragraph return again, but you don't need
to.
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can see an example of this paragraph spacing in Word's built-in Heading
1 style. In the Format Paragraph dialog, notice that Spacing Before is set
to 12 and Spacing After to 3.

One point equals 1/72 inch, so 12 points equals 1/6 inch, which is the same
as typewriter "single" line spacing (6 lpi). An easy way to create a "blank
line" between paragraphs is to use Ctrl+0 (zero) to add 12 points space
before.

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

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