Alignment

J

Joan

Hello,

When I use the fully justify icon in a paragraph,
sometimes the last line in the paragraph has so few words
that there is a large space between words. Is there a way
to left align only the last line in a paragraph ? If not,
what method do I use to bring the words of the last line
together with only one (1) space between words ?

Thanks, Joan
 
J

Jay Freedman

Hi Joan

The last line of a justified paragraph is never justified, unless you've
done something unusual to it. Turn on the nonprinting characters (click the
¶ button on the toolbar) and look at the end of that line. If it has a line
break (a left-pointing arrow with a hooked tail) or some nonbreaking spaces
(little circles) or something else, delete those characters. Click the ¶
button again to turn off the nonprinting display.
 
W

Wicked Wizard

You don't say what version of Word you are using. The default behaviour for
Word 2000 e.g. is not to justify the last line of a paragraph. The user must
specifiy if he wants the last(short) line justified by putting the insertion
point at the end of the line and pressing Shift+Enter. This is not a toggle,
i.e. it doesn't work the other way round.

HTH

Wicked Wizard
 
M

Moss

-----Original Message-----
Hello,

When I use the fully justify icon in a paragraph,
sometimes the last line in the paragraph has so few words
that there is a large space between words. Is there a way
to left align only the last line in a paragraph ? If not,
what method do I use to bring the words of the last line
together with only one (1) space between words ?

Thanks, Joan
.
Well what you need to is simply highlight just the last
Click to expand...
line and do a left alignment on it.
 
M

Moss

-----Original Message-----
Hello,

When I use the fully justify icon in a paragraph,
sometimes the last line in the paragraph has so few words
that there is a large space between words. Is there a way
to left align only the last line in a paragraph ? If not,
what method do I use to bring the words of the last line
together with only one (1) space between words ?

Thanks, Joan
.
Well what you need to is simply highlight just the last
Click to expand...
line and do a left alignment on it.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Alignment is a paragraph property; it's not possible to align a single line
differently from the rest of the paragraph. But that doesn't change the fact
that the last line of a justified paragraph is never justified. There is
another explanation, as has been presented earlier in this thread.
 
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