WD: Forcing Line Spacing (Leading) to Be Uniform

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q26741
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOM

In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, when a character that has a greater point size than the rest of the text is placed in a paragraph, the Auto line spacing option (located in the Paragraph dialog box) adjusts the line spacing for that line so that it is taller than the rest of the lines in that paragraph.

WORKAROUND

To suppress this automatic increase of line spacing, follow these steps:

  1. Select the paragraph for which you do not want to have the "auto spacing" feature.

  2. On the Format menu, click Paragraph.

  3. In Word 98 Macintosh Edition, click the Indents and Spacing tab, select Exactly under Line Spacing, and then type the point size of the spacing desired under At.

    In Word 5.0 and 6.0, under Line, select Exactly, and type the point size of the standard font for that paragraph. In Word 3.x and Word 4.0, in the Line box under Spacing, replace Auto with -<pointsize>, where "<pointsize>" is the size of the standard font for that paragraph. For example if the paragraph is formatted in 14-point type, type "-14" (without the quotation marks) in the Line box.

  4. Click OK.

This procedure may cause the larger sized text to be cut off. The line spacing or the text font size may need to be adjusted to attain the desired appearance.


Additional query words: same control
Keywords : kbformat macword macword5 word6
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,5.0,5.10,6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbinfo


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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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