Default line spacing

[BenCasey]

Hi, could anybody tell me how to stop Word 2010 from defaulting to 2 lines.
I would like it to just give me ONE line when I press the enter key.

Thanks

[StuartR]

This is probably the paragraph spacing for your Normal style. The issue is not "2 lines" but space before and/or space after the paragraph.

You can change this by

• Clicking the little arrow in the corner of the Styles area of the Home tab on the ribbon
• Find Normal on the list and click the arrow on the right
• Select Modify
• In the Modify Style pane that appears select Format > Paragraph...
• Change the values for Spacing Before and Spacing After to 0
• OK your way back through the dialog boxes

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[HansV]

Open Word.
Right-click the Normal style in the Styles group of the Home tab of the ribbon and select Modify... from the context menu.

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If you want to apply the settings to all new documents, select "New documents based on this template", then click Format > Paragraph...

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In the Spacing section of the Paragraph dialog, set Spacing After to 0 and Line Spacing to Single.

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Click OK, then OK again.

[BenCasey]

Thank you both. What an awful convoluted way of setting up basic requirements.

It now seems ok.

Thanks

[Rudi]

This is a "shortcut"...

1. Type some text and access the paragraph dialog
2. Adjust the spacing before/after to 0
3. Adjust line spacing to Single
4. Click on Set as Default
5. Select option two (for all documents)
6. Chose OK.

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[BenCasey]

Thanks Rudi

That works just fine.

Great stuff!