

- #How to reduce spacing between lines in word starter update
- #How to reduce spacing between lines in word starter manual
#How to reduce spacing between lines in word starter manual
Many of the coolest tricks in InDesign are built upon the paragraph style functionality-and you are really doing yourself a disservice whenever you make changes using manual formatting overrides. However, I completely agree with the other answers that have suggested that you make the change with styles. All of the paragraphs that currently have Space After set at 12 points will now have the space after set at 6pt. Make sure that your Search setting is set to the correct option (the entire document, only the story where your cursor is located, etc.), and click on the Change All button. Then click ok.Ĭlick on the same icon for the Change Format section, and set the Space After measurement to 6pt. In the Indents and Spacing section, you will set the Space After dimension to match the measurement that you want to change-in this case 12pt. Let's say your paragraphs are set with a Space After of 12 pts, and you want to change this to 6 pts. This window is similar to the window that allows you to set options for styles. Click on that, and it will open another window that allows you to specify what formatting you want to search for. When you open the Find/Change dialog, you will see a button that says "More Options."Ĭlick on this button, and you will see a couple of additional options that allow you to find and change formatting.Īt the upper right corner of the "Find Format" box, is an icon that looks like a magnifying glass with the letter T. There is another option for resolving your particular issue, using the Find/Change dialog box, but it may be hidden for you.

If you don't have the preset for some reason (I'm not sure if it's available in all versions), just find ~b~b+ and change to \r from the GREP tab. There is a preset query for doing this already just select "Multiple Return to Single Return" from the "Query" dropdown. It's not clear from your question, but if your extra space is from double line breaks then you can do a find/replace to replace them with a single break. Take the following spread as an example the left is using my normal paragraph styles, the right using a 'based on' child style of each, set with extra space after the paragraphs. except for the extra adjustments that you set on top of the base style.
#How to reduce spacing between lines in word starter update
This works well as you only need to update the parent style and the 'based on' (or child) style will update too. You can then define 'based on' styles when you want a similar linked style with small adjustments (e.g. What you should be doing is working with well defined styles both paragraph and character styles. That's not a good habit to get in to though. This'll override any existing styles and your text will still update any other changes to your style definitions but you won't be able to adjust that changed spacing globally without selecting the text and manually adjusting it again. The quick and dirty way is to just select all the text you want to change and adjust the space after from the Paragraph panel.
