How do I stop double spacing after hitting the return key?

If you are using Word 2007, do the following to change the defaults back to
those of Word 2003: First, create a new, blank document. Then, on the Home
tab, click Change Styles | Style Set | Word 2003. Finally, click Change
Styles | Set as Default. If/when you are prompted to save the Normal
template, choose to do so.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"alpine4life" wrote in message
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THX for your reply, I'm not the original poster but your answr was easy to
follow, took my 11.7 sec to turn it off (:

"pameluh" wrote:

Select all (Ctrl+A)

Format | Paragraph | Indents and Spacing tab

Set the spacing before and after to 0"

Check the box that says "Don't add a space between paragraphs of the same
style"

Cheers!

Pamela

"aubiepride" wrote:

The problem occurs when I hit return key. Apparently, this is a
formatting
problem. Within the paragraph, I have double spacing. But when I
finish a
paragraph and hit the return key to start a new one, the program
automatically double spaces it, which is not what I want. I want my
paragraphs to be single spaced from each other within the document.
How do I
fix this?
Thanks.

Please email your response to or at
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I have no answer, I am having the same problem after hitting the enter key
need single spacing, windows 7 is for the birds, give me windows XP any time,

"aubiepride" wrote:

The problem occurs when I hit return key. Apparently, this is a formatting
problem. Within the paragraph, I have double spacing. But when I finish a
paragraph and hit the return key to start a new one, the program
automatically double spaces it, which is not what I want. I want my
paragraphs to be single spaced from each other within the document. How do I
fix this?
Thanks.

Please email your response to or at
. I appreciate it.

You are not getting "double spacing." The default Normal style in Word 2007
has 1.15 line spacing and 10 pts Spacing After. If you want to use the Word
2003 defaults, you can select them instead from Home | Styles | Change
Styles | Style Set.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"beautifulbaby" wrote in message
...
I have no answer, I am having the same problem after hitting the enter key
need single spacing, windows 7 is for the birds, give me windows XP any
time,

"aubiepride" wrote:

The problem occurs when I hit return key. Apparently, this is a
formatting
problem. Within the paragraph, I have double spacing. But when I finish
a
paragraph and hit the return key to start a new one, the program
automatically double spaces it, which is not what I want. I want my
paragraphs to be single spaced from each other within the document. How
do I
fix this?
Thanks.

Please email your response to or at
. I appreciate it.

The problem to which you refer has nothing to do with the operating system
(Windows XP or Windows 7). It's a feature of the default setup of Word
2007. If you want to return it to the default for Word 2003, follow the
steps that Stefan outlined.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"beautifulbaby" wrote in message
...
I have no answer, I am having the same problem after hitting the enter key
need single spacing, windows 7 is for the birds, give me windows XP any
time,

"aubiepride" wrote:

The problem occurs when I hit return key. Apparently, this is a
formatting
problem. Within the paragraph, I have double spacing. But when I finish
a
paragraph and hit the return key to start a new one, the program
automatically double spaces it, which is not what I want. I want my
paragraphs to be single spaced from each other within the document. How
do I
fix this?
Thanks.

Please email your response to or at
. I appreciate it.

"aubiepride" wrote:

The problem occurs when I hit return key. Apparently, this is a formatting
problem. Within the paragraph, I have double spacing. But when I finish a
paragraph and hit the return key to start a new one, the program
automatically double spaces it, which is not what I want. I want my
paragraphs to be single spaced from each other within the document. How do I
fix this?
Thanks.

Please email your response to or at
. I appreciate it.