Microsoft KB Archive/26741

= WD: Forcing Line Spacing (Leading) to Be Uniform =

Article ID: 26741

Article Last Modified on 11/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 3.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 3.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 3.02 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q26741



SYMPTOMS
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 &quot;auto spacing&quot; 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 -, where &quot; &quot; is the size of the standard font for that paragraph. For example if the paragraph is formatted in 14-point type, type -14 in the Line box.
 * 1) 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: kbinfo KB26741

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