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Subject:RE: Line spacing and tables in Word From:"Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:58:06 -0000
>Define a separate set of styles for use within tables. They can be
based on
>the styles used outside, but with space before and after set to zero.
Unfortunately I do actually want space before and after the text, just
not /within/ it. I take it I'm tuck with going back to the old days and
just putting in an extra line break.
Thanks :)
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>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: RE: Line spacing and tables in Word
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techwr-l-bounces+jwest=mvps -dot- org -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jwest=mvps -dot- org -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]On Behalf
Of
>> Sarah Bouchier
>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:11 PM
>> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>> Subject: Line spacing and tables in Word
>>
>>
>> I'm creating a document in Word (I know, this was my first
mistake...)
>> and I /cannot/ get it to apply the rule 'Do not add this space
between
>> paragraphs of the same style' within tables.
>
>It's a bug in Word.
>
>
>> The problem isn't with the style, which works just fine when it's
>> outside a table, so I'm guessing it's a known Word bug, but a bit of
>> Googling has failed to find me any help. Do any of you know of a
>> workaround, other than the obvious (but really rather irritating)
>> entering of an empty line to give me the space I want?
>
>Define a separate set of styles for use within tables. They can be
based on
>the styles used outside, but with space before and after set to zero.
>
>Regards
>Jonathan West
>
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