How do I remove the gap in my header?

[losty.]

Hey guys,

Quick question:

How do I remove the gap in a header as illustrated in the picture below. I've tried searching through everything I can think of. The blue arrow in the pic is there because I've turned the non-printing characters on.



Thanks in advance.

[Ulodesk]

What you are seeing is a tab. It is part of the Style of your header; therefore, you must modify the style, or create a new one, to eliminate the tab. I don't know the Mac, but I believe you find Styles listed under Format in the menu bar in your version of Word. That should open up a pane at the right side of your screen with a list of styles. Right click the relevant heading style, select modify, and then click on Format at the bottom of the dialogue box that comes up.

[losty.]

Hey, thank you for the reply but it wasn't actually within the styles in the end (I'd spent AGES looking around there prior to posting here).

I actually got to the bottom of this last night an it turns out the solution was in the bullets and numbering options.

In case anyone needs a solution in the future:

Go to Format ->
bullets and numbering ->
Ensure the relevant style is selected ->
customize ->
Ensure only heading 1 is selected (at least this was the case for me, if you wanted to remove the space in other headings select those) ->
find the "Follow Number With" option and choose "Nothing".

That'll sort it out!