If you use Microsoft Word, you have probably had trouble getting rid of the extra space that often appears between the lines of text. This is especially problematic in Word 2007 because Microsoft has changed the default document so it now has more space between the lines. Here is a simple way to remove the unwanted space.

To quickly change the spacing between the lines, just highlight the entire paragraph or paragraphs. Right-click on the highlighted area, choose Paragraph from the drop-down menu. On the Indents & Spacing tab, change the settings in the Spacing area, change the Before and After spacing to 0 and the extra space will disappear.

Microsoft changed the default line spacing in Word 2007. They thought that documents look better with more spacing between the lines. If you, like me, don't like this, you can easily change the default back to the way it was in older versions of Word. Here are the instructions directly from Microsoft:

Open the document that you want to look like a Word 2003 document.

On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles.

Point to Style Set, and click Word 2003.

On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles.

Point to Fonts and under Built-in, click Office Classic.

If you want to create all documents with the Word 2003 style set and fonts, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, and then click Set as Default.

All future documents will open with the Word 2003 default style set and fonts.I

If you want to use the updated Word 2007 formatting, switch to the Word 2007 style set and the Office font set. You can switch back to your custom default settings later by clicking Reset to Quick Styles from Template (in the Styles group, click Change Styles, point to Style Sets, and then click Reset to Quick Styles from Template).