Hello Mr. Ed, Here are a few things you can try. If these don't work then deleting the Normal.DOTM and restarting your system or doing a repair on Word might be necessary. Method 3 modifies the line spacing for your normal style.
Method 1 Using Single Spacing: Use the application key and choose Paragraph from the menu. In the indents and spacing page tab of the Paragraph dialog box make sure the two spin boxes for Before and After are set to 0. Set line spacing to Single. For the "At" edit spin box press backspace until nothing is in the box. The "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" checkbox should be checked. At this point use OK and check it out in your document. Go back into the Paragraph dialog box and make sure options are still as you set them. Tab to the Set as Default button and use spacebar. You will get a dialog box in which you can tab to a group of radio buttons. "This document only" will likely be checked so arrow down to "All documents based on the normal.DOTM template. Tab to OK button and press spacebar. Method 2, Set line spacing to "Exactly." In the same control where you choose single or double spacing choose the option for Exactly. In the Before and After controls use 0 points. In the "At" edit spin box 12 points is about right. This is needed for leading. No matter what you set for spacing a certain amount of leading is necessary for the various types of fonts used and the heights necessary for characters of the various types of fonts. Check the "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" box. Use the button for saving changes as default. Pick the radio button for changes to be for all templates based on the normal.DOTM template. Use OK as necessary. (This will result in similar line spacing to that used in older versions of Word). Method 3, Modify Style: Use Alt CTRL Shift and S to launch the Styles pane. Use F6 until in the styles pane. Use the Manage Styles button. You will likely find it faster by using Shift tab until you find it rather than tabbing. In the resulting window find the Modify button and use it. In the resulting window use shift tab from the OK button to the Format button and press enter key. Arrow down to Paragraph and press enter key. Change the After control to 0 by using down arrow key. Change line spacing to Single. Make sure nothing is in the "At" control. With focus in the "At" control use backspace to remove any value. Use spacebar to check the "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style." Use the OK button. Use shift tab to the radio buttons that determine if the change is just for the existing document or all documents. "New documents based on this template" should be selected. Use the OK button. Use shift tab and you will find the same radio buttons so arrow down to "New documents based on this template." Use the OK button. After making any of the above changes it is a good idea to restart Word and maybe even your system. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mr. Ed Sent: June 1, 2017 4:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Making Word 2010 default line spaving to single Hi, Did that but it still did not save single line spacing as the default when opening a new word document. Mr. Ed -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew James Bontrager Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2017 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Making Word 2010 default line spaving to single try changing the paragraph settings while you have the normal.dot template open, then save the file. ------- I am, therefore I think. Ande For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
