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Old 03-29-2013, 02:50 PM
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When I type 3 hyphens and hit enter I am getting 2 or 3 lines instead of just a single line. How can I get just a single line? Thanks, Jim
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Are you sure it's not just a large inter-paragraph space? That is contolled by your paragraph format's before/after spacing.
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Old 03-29-2013, 02:58 PM
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I'm getting lines rather than just spaces. Could the inter-paragraph spacing cause this? Thanks,
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Old 03-29-2013, 03:04 PM
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OK, clicking the "no spacing" option box seems to have fixed it. Maybe the extra paragraph/line spacing was the problem. Funny that I hadn't noticed it before, though.
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Clicking the ¶ symbol on the Ribbon's Home tab toggles Word's formatting display on/off. With it on, you should see only a single paragraph break (also denoted by ¶) between the paragraph where you inserted the '---' and the paragraph the cursor ends up in after pressing <Enter>. The gap between them is controlled by the paragraph before/after spacing.
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How can this be marked "solved?" Thanks, Jim999
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