Paragraphs – line spacing and indentations

When you start writing a document in the current version of Word (2007), you will quickly notice a difference from the former versions (2003, Xp, 2000 etc.), which is the new default spacing between lines and between paragraphs.

When you hit the “Enter” key, it looks like the cursor has jumped two lines down, instead of one. This is because in Word 2007 the space “after paragraph” is defined as “10 points”, instead of the “0 points” (which means “no extra space”) in all older versions of Word.

The easiest way to change it back, is to define the default “Style” to “Word 2003”. This is demonstrated in the first video above.

Spaces between lines and horizontal paragraph indentations are demonstrated in the above videos too.