I've notice that in Word the line spacing is kind of funky. The default (Times New Roman, 12 pt. font) allows for only about 36 lines per page. On my Windows version of Word the same default has 46 lines per page. On the mac it looks like the lines are spaced out too much, but I can't figure out how to change it so that I have the 46 lines per page. When I got to Paragraph formatting it says that the spacing is "Single" with 0 points before and after. Any suggestions on how I can fix this? I should mention that I'm pretty new to this whole mac thing, so please excuse me if this is a simple problem to fix.
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Line spacing in Word (Office 2004)
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PC page setup is set to "Letter" and Mac is set to "US Letter"
I even look to see what style both documents were and they are both listed as "Normal". Also, I can open a document from the PC and it stays in the PC format of line spacing, even if I edit it. But still all the settings appear to be the same. I just don't get it...
I even look to see what style both documents were and they are both listed as "Normal". Also, I can open a document from the PC and it stays in the PC format of line spacing, even if I edit it. But still all the settings appear to be the same. I just don't get it...
It sounds like you have your document set to double-spacing. Generally, Word set the default linespacing to the point value of your font12 points in the case of Times New Roman, 12 pt. However, single-spacing tends to look better with two extra points. You may add these in the Format > Font... dialog box.
Long story short: Learn to use Word on your new computer.