Changing Defaul Line Spacing

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MikeJr - 03 Mar 2008 08:56 GMT

I am trying to change the default document (the one the comes up when I open
WORD), so that there is NO spacing between paragraphs, unless I enter a
space. I have tried all kinds of ways to get it to work, and it always
defaults to NORMAL template, instead of NO SPACE templete. HOW do I set the
default document to NO spacing?

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Luc - 03 Mar 2008 09:21 GMT

MikeJr,
You are in Word 2007?
If so, try this:
Click the dialoglauncher button in the styles group on the
Home tab.
At the very bottom of the task pane, click on the Manage styles button, the
third one.
Choose the Default tab in the dialog. Change what you want to change.
Check radiobutton at the bottom which says New documents based on this
template. Hit OK.
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint

>I am trying to change the default document (the one the comes up when I
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Klaus Linke - 04 Mar 2008 18:23 GMT

Or change the whole "style set" to "Word 2003" (Home group, Styles chunk,
"Change styles" dropdown on the right, first menu item) .

Klaus

> MikeJr,
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> Luc Sanders
> MVP - PowerPoint

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 03 Mar 2008 09:25 GMT

Modify the Normal style in the Normal.Dot template.

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MikeJr - 03 Mar 2008 17:20 GMT

I have tried to do this... but the change does nothing. I changed the drop
down box "style to the following paragraphs" to single spacing, but still get
space

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 03 Mar 2008 18:00 GMT

You're changing the wrong thing. You need to click on Format, choose
Paragraph, and then in the Paragraph dialog, change the spacing to Single
and the Spacing After to zero.

The "Style for following paragraph" determines what style will be applied to
the next paragraph when you press Enter at the end of a paragraph in a given
style.

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

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