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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / April 2005Space with Subtitles
I am working on a paper where double spacing is required. When I do subtitles it appears as if the spacing is wider than double spacing. I believe it is something in word that is adjusting the spacing, but I'm not sure. How do I make it truly double space??? Double spacing is not a set amount as it is on a typewriter (3 lpi); it is twice the Single spacing, which is based on font size. Every font has a certain amount of "leading" built in. For Times New Roman, Single spacing is about 120% of the nominal point size, making line spacing 12 points for 10-point type (6 lpi, equivalent to typewriter single spacing). As the font size increases, so does the line spacing, and for larger point sizes, Double spacing begins to appear much too "spacey." If your headings are larger than your body type, then of course Double spacing will be more for them than for the body text. Word's built-in heading styles also have some Space Before and After defined as part of the style. When you use these with double-spaced text, you may want to adjust either or both.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I am working on a paper where double spacing is required. > When I do subtitles it appears as if the spacing is wider > than double spacing. I believe it is something in word > that is adjusting the spacing, but I'm not sure. How do I > make it truly double space??? > Word's built-in heading styles also have some Space Before and After defined > as part of the style. When you use these with double-spaced text, you may > want to adjust either or both. I wouldn't bother with "look and feel" too much on a double-spaced document: This is a choice for easy of correction remarks, and has nothing whatsoever to do with "readability". 2cents Robert Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word > I wouldn't bother with "look and feel" too much on a double-spaced > document: This is a choice for easy of correction remarks, and has > nothing whatsoever to do with "readability". But whenever double spacing is required, why not make it look as good as possible? -- Stefan Blom Hi Stefan > But whenever double spacing is required, why not make it look as > good as possible? I just don't think a double-spaced document _can_ look very good at all. :-) But I agree with you: *If* you want to make it look as good as possible, then adjust the spacing via styles. Greetinx Robert Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word Good point. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > Word's built-in heading styles also have some Space Before and After defined > > as part of the style. When you use these with double-spaced text, you may [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > 2cents > Robert > I wouldn't bother with "look and feel" too much on a double-spaced > document: This is a choice for easy of correction remarks, and has > nothing whatsoever to do with "readability". Well, theses/dissertations must be double-spaced but one would certainly want those to look as nice as possible. And I consider "look and feel" in the double-spaced documents that I require my students to submit. But I'm not particularly picky about it, and this exact comment would not occur to me (I'm just hoping for a title that doesn't merge right into the text, visually). Daiya Hello Daiya > Well, theses/dissertations must be double-spaced but one would certainly > want those to look as nice as possible. And I consider "look and feel" in > the double-spaced documents that I require my students to submit. But I'm > not particularly picky about it, and this exact comment would not occur to > me (I'm just hoping for a title that doesn't merge right into the text, > visually). I'm glad the theses from the students I am looking after for don't have to be double-spaced! At the moment they're finally submitting them, the professor will not bother to write corrections into it any more, I reckon. Interim printouts, they doublespace it I think; but changing the styles wouldn't make sense. 2cents Robert Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word If you specify a fixed amount, such as 24 pt, for the line spacing of both headings and body text, it will look better. To specify a fixed value for line spacing: Choose Format>Paragraph. Click the Indents and Spacing tab. Under Line Spacing, choose "Exactly", and type the desired amount. Note that if you are using styles, you should change the style definition, instead. SignatureStefan Blom > I am working on a paper where double spacing is required. > When I do subtitles it appears as if the spacing is wider > than double spacing. I believe it is something in word > that is adjusting the spacing, but I'm not sure. How do I > make it truly double space???
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