Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - Line Spacing - not appearing as single space

At 08:02 16/10/2015 +1300, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> On 2015-10-16 06:56, Brian Barker wrote:
> > At 12:52 15/10/2015 -0400, Charles Meyer wrote:
> > > At 18:28 14/10/2015 -0400, Charles Meyer wrote:
> > > > In Libre Writer 4.3.5.2, I wanted to change the plain text to 
> > > > single spacing for all lines of text in all paragraphs. I 
> > > > highlighted all the lines and then I followed both of these 
> > > > suggestions but it still appears double-spaced although it says 
> > > > it's single spaced but isn't
> > > > 1. Select the paragraph and then go to Format, Paragraph, Indents 
> > > > & Spacing tab, Line Spacing.
> > > > 2. Right click to open the context menu > Line Spacing.
> > > >
> > > > How do I truly secure single spacing?
> > >
> > > Tom,
> > > That was it!
> > > Thank you!!
> > > For all those interested, when I changed the Style Setting Box 
> > > from Text Body to Default Style, then it changed the spacing to single spacing.
> >
> > I'm interested, but puzzled. Surely that could not have been the 
> > solution if the problem was as described?
> >
> > o Text Body paragraph style has Single spacing by default - though 
> > you (or someone else) could well have changed this to Double: no problem.
> >
> > o But in any case, the two techniques you described as not working 
> > both apply local formatting, and applying local single spacing to 
> > paragraphs with double spacing in their paragraph style *will* 
> > overrule the style and change the spacing. So the techniques that 
> > you say failed you would have worked (even though not an ideal solution).
> >
> > I'm delighted that you are happy, of course - but it would be nice 
> > to know what was *really* happening.
>
> My Text Body style as default has spacing below the paragraph. The 
> Default style does not.

Interesting - but that would still affect the appearance only if the 
original questioner's "lines of text in all paragraphs" were actually 
separate paragraphs (as I suggested), wouldn't it?

Brian Barker 


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