[Magdalen] Word help, please

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Sat Dec 23 04:07:43 UTC 2017


Thanks, Ann—that was actually one of the first things I tried—unsuccessfully! A couple of people said to adjust a command having to do with space between paragraphs, and that took care of it.  I have no idea why!

> On Dec 22, 2017, at 10:13 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> I'd “select all” on what’s already been done, then select single space.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 4:57 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> This is related to what Marion mentioned, and might help...
>> 
>> 
>> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-stop-double-spacing/
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> If it were me in Word:  Make sure that all the document is outlined, so
>>> that it's all affected to your wishes from the beginning.    In addition
>> to
>>> setting Single space, there's a box to the lower left in that area that
>> sez
>>> something about 'don't add space between paragraphs in the text'.  Check
>>> that, too.
>>> 
>>> That's all I know.  Maybe it will help.
>>> 
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 12/22/2017 3:56 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> This will probably take someone about five seconds to answer, but it's
>>>> driving me nuts!
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to type just a plain document with one space between the
>> lines.
>>>> No matter what I do--even when I click on the single space option--it
>>>> insists on 1.5 spacing.  This happens from time to time on documents,
>>>> seemingly at random, but I can never correct it.  Yet, the next time I
>> go
>>>> to type a document, it automatically does single spacing.
>>>> 
>>>> What am I doing wrong, and how do I fix it?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>> 
> -- 
> Ann
> 
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com


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