Spaces after or before a paragraph

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With a Pages document open in the application, click anywhere in the document body to get the Format : Text : Style tab to appear in the sidebar. The Spacing section, if it is collapsed to just the word Spacing, can be expanded by clicking on that word.

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Hi Duane,

I really don't understand how you decided that the post quoted below "Solved" your issue:

"That window is exactly what I'm looking for. I have a new iMac and Pages 10.3.5. I can't find that window under TEXT or anywhere else. Also, I don't see Spacing as a separate choice. Here is a screen shot of what I see under TEXT.

Any suggestions as to where I might look?"

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1. It puts a copy of that post at the top of the discussion, immediately after the initial post, where the question was asked.       This ensures that anyone else searching for an answer to the same question and finding yours, will see the post that Solved the issue right away, without having to scroll through the rest of the discussion.
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Regards,

Barry

The previous answer was correct, the option is still there, but perhaps this will help.

Place your cursor on the paragraph so that the "Format" panel shows on the right side. There are panels labeled "Text," "Font," "Text Color," and finally "Spacing." I experienced the same exasperated experience after the recent update of only seeing an option for LINES (1, 1.5, 2, and so forth). What is easily overlooked is the light grey tab marker ">" next to the panel label, "Spacing." Click on the tab marker, and a drop-down window will give you the paragraph spacing options ("Before" and "After" paragraph spacing). See image below.

The same place it has been since Oct 2013, in the Format : Text : Style panel: