It happens most often after tabbing for a new paragraph. I can find no way to eliminate the gaps. Makes my work look very shoddy. Can you help?
No, we can’t as is.
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Why are you tabbing for a new paragraph? You should just press Enter. A lot of tabs will leave a lot of white space. Normally, an Enter after a lot of empty tabs will delete those empty tabs (tools > Autocorrect > Autocorrect Options... > Options > Delete spaces and tabs at beginning and end of paragraph )
I suggest clicking View > Formatting Marks and deleting unnecessary tabs and spaces. Use paragraph styles to give desired spacing between paragraphs. Avoid using page breaks if you want the text to flow.