Hi Jim P,

Your example is exactly what I expected, ie. a 24 point space between Line 2 and Line 3. What I got was no space between Line 2 and Line 3. Thus either I am doing something wrong or there is something wrong with my Word2010. I tried both making the before and after paragraph setting and then creating the sample, and also creating the sample, highlighting it, and then changing the after paragraph setting.

Before making the somewhat scary step, with some relearning, of deleting Word2010 and reinstalling it from the original disk, I wanted to explore any other possibilities. The Office 2010 disks came from the IT department at California State University - Fullerton a couple years ago and, up to now, have behaved as expected - tho I use only a few features. Altho they supplied the disks they state that they will not support them except for students - and I am in their senior program.