spacing

A reader recently wrote to me regarding a problem with Line Spacing in MS Word: "Having trouble with single and double line spacing, especially when starting in double and inserting a heading, and then further text in [single], spacing is not equal ... between heading and text. Do I swap [to single] line at end of heading?" My response: Some heading styles in MS Word employ spacing before and after and this is most likely what you are referring to when you say the spacing is not equal. If you highlight your heading and then right-click on it and select Paragraph, under Spacing you will see that ... (view more)

A lot of legal secretaries have written to me asking for ways to quickly change the line spacing in a document as they are frequently moving from single line spacing for block quotes and double line spacing for text and then back to single line ... spacing for signature blocks in pleadings. It really isn't all that difficult. If you find that you are frequently changing the line spacing in MS Word to double or you are making the switch more often than not, it's time to take measures so that this happens seamlessly and without lots of time and keystrokes. After speaking with more than a few of ... (view more)

We all have our own way of setting up our documents, our own "look", so to speak. Many folks like single-spacing in their documents. I prefer lots of room between my lines of text, simply because it's easier for me to read. In any event, line ... spacing is a very important factor in document formatting. The default line spacing in MS Word 2007 is 1.15. Luckily, it is fairly simple to format your line spacing in MS Word 2007. Follow the steps below for Line Space formatting in Word 2007: On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Paragraph group, click on the Line Spacing button. You have lots of ... (view more)

A reader recently wrote to me asking me how to remove the blank page at the end of the table in her document. When you create a table that ends at the bottom margin in an MS Word document, Word will automatically insert a new blank page. This takes ... place whether you want it or not because there is a paragraph inserted by default at the end of your document. If you click on the pilcrow on your toolbar (looks like a backwards P) it will turn on the Show/Hide button, which will reveal a paragraph mark after the table. This can be very annoying, especially when you do not need an extra page. Word ... (view more)