Default Line Spacing in Pages is off...

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Default Line Spacing in Pages is off...

Hiya Pages Peeps!

Whenever I open a new document and start typing in Pages, the line spacing is some weird setting...somewhere between 1.75 to 2.5 lines spacing. It is ALWAYS this way whenever I start a new document. I have to change the line spacing manually to an appropriate value (I usually use 1.0/single for what I do).

How do I set the default line spacing?

Thanks!

Bernard

Posted on Aug 14, 2005 4:00 PM

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Answer 1

Peggy

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Aug 14, 2005 4:33 PM in response to Bernard Brown1

By default the after paragraph spacing is set at 12 points. The amount of space this takes up depends on the font you are using. You can easily change this by clicking on the text inspector & changing the number & then create a new paragraph style from your selection.

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Answer 2

Aug 14, 2005 5:30 PM in response to Peggy

Thank you...I will try that when I get home (at work now!)...

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Answer 3

Sep 9, 2005 1:04 PM in response to Bernard Brown1

With regards to your message, you might want to follow Peggy's instructions and then save the document as a NEW template or as a REPLACEMENT for the current template.

That way any new document you create based on the current one will be changed, and you won't have to change the document as soon as you open it.

Peter

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Answer 4

Sep 10, 2005 4:59 PM in response to Nyarlathotep

I don't think you can save over the Apple templates.

Another thing to consider is to save the template with the name you want ("Default" if it is something you always start with) and then save it as a document or template (templates open as documents, and a document will always have all the template goodies in it)

Then drag that to the right side of your dock. Clicking on that will always open Pages. Of course, if you do that, make sure you save the new document with your new name right away so you don't accidentally overwrite it by saving it afterwards.

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