This will only hide the problem, not change it. As someone has already pointed out, if you indeed don't want that much space between paragraphs, you'll need to edit the paragraph style definition which is in use (it probably does have too much space defined when you add the "space before" and the "space after" figures together). Hth, Chip =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rocker > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:44 PM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Word 2000 >=20 > Go under the view menu and make sure the normal mode is checked. >=20 > hth...rocker >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Boris" <boris67@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:14 AM > Subject: Word 2000 >=20 >=20 > Hi List, >=20 > Sometimes in Word when I press "enter" at the end of a=20 > paragraph to put a > blank line between paragraphs, I get two blank lines. The=20 > problem is that > visually it appears to be two blank lines, but when I attempt=20 > to delete one > of the blank lines, I loose them both. This tells me that=20 > the two lines are > in fact one line, but appear as two. Anyone have any suggestions? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Boris >=20 > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the=20 > subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw >=20 > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from=20 > the list, or the > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list.=20 > Rather contact the > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >=20 >=20 > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to=20 > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the=20 > subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw >=20 > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from=20 > the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them=20 > to the list. Rather contact the list owner at=20 > jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >=20 -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx