Before and After Paragraph spacing

Apologies for the repeated solution.
The newsgroup seems to be out-of-sync, Express says no answers yet, MS
Discussion, shows none, and Google Groups show 4!
Also Notification Replies not working either (not for a long time).
Has the problem been reported, being worked on? Anyone out there?

DeanH


"Terry Hollands" wrote:

> Is it possible to change the spacing before and after paragraphs from 'pt' to
> 'cm'?
> I have a student doing some text processing and she is asked to leave a
> space of 3cm between a paragraph. Any other suggestions would be helpful.
> Thanks.
> --
> Terry Hollands

Just type in the Space After box "3cm" and Word will accept it and will also
convert it to 85.05pt for you as well.
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Hope this helps
DeanH


"Terry Hollands" wrote:

> Is it possible to change the spacing before and after paragraphs from 'pt' to
> 'cm'?
> I have a student doing some text processing and she is asked to leave a
> space of 3cm between a paragraph. Any other suggestions would be helpful.
> Thanks.
> --
> Terry Hollands

It seems to take a long time before messages become visible after posted.
And, once again, messages posted via NNTP don't show up.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"DeanH" wrote:

> Apologies for the repeated solution.
> The newsgroup seems to be out-of-sync, Express says no answers yet, MS
> Discussion, shows none, and Google Groups show 4!
> Also Notification Replies not working either (not for a long time).
> Has the problem been reported, being worked on? Anyone out there?
>
> DeanH
>
>
> "Terry Hollands" wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to change the spacing before and after paragraphs from 'pt' to
> > 'cm'?
> > I have a student doing some text processing and she is asked to leave a
> > space of 3cm between a paragraph. Any other suggestions would be helpful.
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Terry Hollands

Yes and no. The spacing will always be displayed in points but may be
entered in inches or centimeters, which Word will convert to points. Select
the default "0 pt" in the Spacing Before/After box and type in "3 cm" (Word
will convert to 85.05 pt.)

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Terry Hollands" <TerryHollands RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D1ED3A3B-033A-4782-A1F8-5868466857FD@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to change the spacing before and after paragraphs from 'pt'
> to
> 'cm'?
> I have a student doing some text processing and she is asked to leave a
> space of 3cm between a paragraph. Any other suggestions would be helpful.
> Thanks.
> --
> Terry Hollands
>

Once again, nails and hammers. If you type "3 cm" into the "Space
After" (or "Space Before") box, Word gives you spacing that's as close
to 3 cm as it can get. No need either for a macro, or for calculating
the pt equivalent of the cm measurement.

On Nov 2, 8:16 am, "Greg Maxey"
<gma....DeleteThis@mIKEvICTORpAPAsIERRA.oSCARrOMEOgOLF> wrote:
> Terry,
>
> AFAIK, no.  You can change the default unit of measure to centimeters using
> Tools>Options>General>Measurement units but this has no effect on the units
> used in space before or after.
>
> Even programmatically you can only get close.  You can convert cm to points
> using:
>
> Sub GetPointEquivelent()
> MsgBox CentimetersToPoints(3)
> End Sub
>
> Which returns 85.03937.  However if this value is entered into the space
> before or after field Word rounds it to 85.05.  You could also set it
> directly using:
>
> Sub ScratchMaco()
> Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = CentimetersToPoints(3)
> Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = CentimetersToPoints(3)
> End Sub
>
> But again Word rounds it to 85.05.
>
> See:http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
>
> Terry Hollands wrote:
> > Is it possible to change the spacing before and after paragraphs from
> > 'pt' to 'cm'?
> > I have a student doing some text processing and she is asked to leave
> > a space of 3cm between a paragraph. Any other suggestions would be
> > helpful. Thanks.
>
> --
> Greg Maxey
>
> See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
> for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

The messages are showing up (as promptly as usual) in google groups,
whether posted to the newsgroup or to the MS interface, so it must be
the MS interface that's acting up.

On Nov 2, 10:25 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh... RemoveThis @mvps.org> wrote:
> If NNTP is not being propagated, then I'm wasting my time again. <sigh>
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Stefan Blom" <StefanB... RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:87AA8CD3-019B-434B-9C9F-3255AC5A17E0@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
> > It seems to take a long time before messages become visible after posted.
> > And, once again, messages posted via NNTP don't show up.
>
> > --
> > Stefan Blom
> > Microsoft Word MVP
>
> > "DeanH" wrote:
>
> >> Apologies for the repeated solution.
> >> The newsgroup seems to be out-of-sync, Express says no answers yet, MS
> >> Discussion, shows none, and Google Groups show 4!
> >> Also Notification Replies not working either (not for a long time).
> >> Has the problem been reported, being worked on? Anyone out there?
> >>
> >> DeanH
>
> >> "Terry Hollands" wrote:
>
> >> > Is it possible to change the spacing before and after paragraphs from
> >> > 'pt' to
> >> > 'cm'?
> >> > I have a student doing some text processing and she is asked to leave a
> >> > space of 3cm between a paragraph. Any other suggestions would be
> >> > helpful.
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > --
> >> > Terry Hollands-