Hi Terry, 1st para = 3pt below Next para = 6pt above The greater value (6pt) is the space between paras and is therefore dominant over the 3pt value of the 1st para which becomes irrelevant. Anne didn't qualify her statement by stipulating which tool adds the two values (a tool I haven't come across yet) so I'll simply qualify my statement by saying this is the way it works in Word and FrameMaker. Cheers, Bruce _____ From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terry Dowling Sent: Friday, 15 July 2011 4:21 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: Paragraph spacing Hi Bruce, Meant to ask before. What do you mean by dominant in the following? Cheers, Terry From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bja Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 18:28 To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: Paragraph spacing . way the greater value is always the dominant one. Cheers, Bruce _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3766 - Release Date: 07/15/11