writer needs help w/paragraph question

[Guest]

When I receive an emailed chapter, in this case, I open it into a word file.
For some reason, there is double-double spacing between the chapters in the
text. It's maddening! There must be a way to select all and then re-organize
the documents so there is no extra spacing between paragraphs and everything
is indented the same way. SOS, please!

Thank you! I have a new computer with a very new wordperfect.

 

[Uncle Joe]

When I receive an emailed chapter, in this case, I open it into a word file.
For some reason, there is double-double spacing between the chapters in the
text. It's maddening! There must be a way to select all and then re-organize
the documents so there is no extra spacing between paragraphs and everything
is indented the same way. SOS, please!

Thank you! I have a new computer with a very new wordperfect.

Enjoy your new computer with a very new wordperfect.

Instead of Word Perfect, we use Microsoft Word as our word processor. Hence,
the name of this newsgroup is: microsoft.public.word.newusers

 

[Guest]

Enjoy your new computer with a very new wordperfect.

Instead of Word Perfect, we use Microsoft Word as our word processor. Hence,
the name of this newsgroup is: microsoft.public.word.newusers


Okay, my mistake...I do have Mirosoft word....not word perfect.

Can you tell me what to do now that I've proided more accurate informatoin?
THANKS

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, you can correct this problem, but you need to ascertain how it is
created. To do this, display nonprinting characters by pressing Ctrl+* or
clicking the Show/Hide
¶ button on the Standard toolbar. If you see a paragraph mark (¶) in the
empty space between paragraphs, then this "blank line" has been created
using empty paragraphs. To remove those, use Find and Replace to search for
^p^p and replace with ^p.

If there is no ¶ between the text paragraphs, then the space has been added
using Space Before or After in the paragraph style (or formatting). Go to
Format | Paragraph to find and remove this extra space. The simplest way to
apply consistent formatting to the text is to apply a Body Text style
defined according to your requirements. Applying this style will
automatically remove any undesired Space Before/After.

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

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