Thread: [Solved] Spacing before and after Paragraph
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Old 03-09-2021, 10:29 PM
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Microsoft have been sneaky with the Space Before and After and the behaviour has varied with different versions of Word. In some versions of Word, the numbers add together but in others you get a space equal to whichever is the larger number. You may also see some variation if a document is set to Compatibility Mode to an early enough version.

There is a setting in the Advanced Options which does have an impact - Go to File > Options > Advanced, scroll to the bottom and in the Layout Options for section, tick the "Don't use HTML paragraph auto spacing" setting. You may need to tweak this on every document - I don't know how sticky it is in terms of templates and it appears to be document specific so documents you receive from other people may be set differently to your own personal preference.
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