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potassium flower 11/17/2007 12:21 PM PST
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  when setting up a line count for a document it included blank lines, how do i
stop this happening? its a long document, so i don't want to do them all
individually!
 
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Jay Freedman 11/17/2007 1:31 PM PST
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  On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:22:01 -0800, potassium flower <potassium
flower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>when setting up a line count for a document it included blank lines, how do i
>stop this happening? its a long document, so i don't want to do them all
>individually!

The only way is not to _type_ blank lines. Instead, set the "Space
After" value of the paragraph style of your body text to 12 pt (or
whatever the size of the font is) so each time you press enter _once_
at the end of a paragraph, it will automatically add the extra space.
That space won't be numbered.

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lcc9515 7/12/2008 1:19 PM PST
   
  How do I do this?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:22:01 -0800, potassium flower <potassium
> flower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >when setting up a line count for a document it included blank lines, how do i
> >stop this happening? its a long document, so i don't want to do them all
> >individually!
>
> The only way is not to _type_ blank lines. Instead, set the "Space
> After" value of the paragraph style of your body text to 12 pt (or
> whatever the size of the font is) so each time you press enter _once_
> at the end of a paragraph, it will automatically add the extra space.
> That space won't be numbered.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
 
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grammatim 7/12/2008 2:10 PM PST
   
  Assuming you're in Word2003, display the Styles & Formatting pane
(with the "AA" icon at the far left of the main toolbar, or by
choosing "More" at the bottom of the Styles dropdown window), right-
click on the name of the style you want to alter, choose Modify, then
under the Format button at the lower left choose Paragraph, then near
the bottom in "Space After" enter a number of points. (The arrows move
in jumps of 6 pt (or half the leading?), but you can type the value of
your choosing.)

As you OK your way out, all the paragraphs with that style will show
the newly chosen Space After.

On Jul 12, 4:20 pm, lcc9515 <lcc9...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> How do I do this?
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
> > On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:22:01 -0800, potassium flower <potassium
> > flo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > >when setting up a line count for a document it included blank lines, how do i
> > >stop this happening? its a long document, so i don't want to do them all
> > >individually!
>
> > The only way is not to _type_ blank lines. Instead, set the "Space
> > After" value of the paragraph style of your body text to 12 pt (or
> > whatever the size of the font is) so each time you press enter _once_
> > at the end of a paragraph, it will automatically add the extra space.
> > That space won't be numbered.
 
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