Paragraph Spacing in MS Word

[jpadie]

I have a template inherited from a windows pc (with office 2003) that has its styles set as "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style".

how do i override/change this in office 2004 for Mac?

tia
justin

 

[tf1]

Select the Style and then use Format, Style and clear the check box option for 'Don't add space between paras of the same style'.


Regards: tf1

 

[jpadie]

sorry for not being clear ;-) the mac version of office does not have the check box that you refer to. unfortunately i do not have easy access to any windows boxes any more (the last having been destroyed by my lawnmower

 

[tf1]

That's tricky. Check under Tools, Options, Compatibility to see if there is a setting for that option in there.


Regards: tf1

 

[jpadie]

no help there. i think this is just a buggy omission in office for mac.

 

[Welshbird]

Do you have iWorks? If so I would try importing the template into Pages and see if that helps you. (iWorks might be worth a look anyway if you don't have it. I really like it now.

Fee

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[Madawc]

Worth considering getting an old PC that can run your PC software. (I assume you still have the software disks.) 4-year-old machines mostly go cheap.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Windows XP & Crystal 10

 

[jpadie]

bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut though! actually i have a bunch of pcs in my lab but my licences for office are all OEM and tied to laptops that are either lawnmowered or in use elsewhere. i ended up installing parallels and an evaluation copy of office. makes it easy to get rid of once i was finished.

i still maintain the omission is a bug though.