I copied an attached document from gmail and now there are 4 or 5 blank lines after every two printed lines. How do I remove the blank lines and get the paragraph together?
You didn’t describe the offending document: is it an .odt or a .doc(x)?
Does the extra spacing occur on every line or only between paragraphs?
To answer this question, enable View>Formatting Marks because users frequently create vertical space between paragraphs with an empty paragraph.
Is the document “styled” or manually formatted?
This can be asserted by putting the cursor in a paragraph and looking at the “paragraph style” drop-down menu at bottom left of the toolbar. If it reads Default Style, manual formatting is in effect. Check a handful of paragraphs to make sure.
The fix depends on your purpose. If you intend to keep the document and review it on a “long-term” job, you’ll be better off to reformat it using styles consistently. If you throw it away after reading it, just play with Default Style properties:
- open the styles catalog with
F11 - right-click on Default Style and
Modify - go to the
Indents & Spacingtab - change the above and below spacing or line spacing parameters
- check the effects with
Applyand repeat previous step - when you’re satisfied, push
OK
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