Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads

[cabbagebnb]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Problem in Word 2004: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads
Problem--Cannot remove auto paragraph spacing on downloaded web pages when save as Word documents.
Situation:
Download web pages with Firefox 3. (.htm or .html)
Open in Word 2004.
Save as Word file (.doc).
Styles>Normal>Paragraph>Space, Before: Auto, After: Auto.
--Auto is 5 points.
--Clearly Word's conversion of HTML <p></p>

Can modify all other aspects of a given style...
--Except space before and after.
If space set to "0," Word 2004 still maintains 5pt/5pt spacing.
Cannot change spacing.

My response...
Open Word 2004 file (.doc) in NeoOffice.
Save as NeoOffice file (.odt).
Save (.odt) file as (.doc) file.
Open in Word 2004.
Change paragraph before and after spacing as desired.

Also checked Safari, Opera, Flock.
Word 2004 opens all saved .htm-.html files with default space before and after = 5 points.

Of course, saving web pages as text files removes all formatting and paragraph structure.

Am not a techie...Is there a simple Word 2004 solution?

 

[John McGhie]

In Word>Preferences>Compatibility you can enable "Don't use HTML paragraph
auto spacing."

Or, you can turn on your paragraph marks so you can see what you are doing.
You will then see that Word "emulates" spacing by adding blank paragraphs.

It's a design bug. Clive's solution will correct the problem.

Cheers

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Problem in Word 2004: Removing auto paragraph spacing from web downloads
Problem--Cannot remove auto paragraph spacing on downloaded web pages when
save as Word documents.
Situation:
Download web pages with Firefox 3. (.htm or .html)
Open in Word 2004.
Save as Word file (.doc).
Styles>Normal>Paragraph>Space, Before: Auto, After: Auto.
--Auto is 5 points.
--Clearly Word's conversion of HTML <p></p>

Can modify all other aspects of a given style...
--Except space before and after.
If space set to "0," Word 2004 still maintains 5pt/5pt spacing.
Cannot change spacing.

My response...
Open Word 2004 file (.doc) in NeoOffice.
Save as NeoOffice file (.odt).
Save (.odt) file as (.doc) file.
Open in Word 2004.
Change paragraph before and after spacing as desired.

Also checked Safari, Opera, Flock.
Word 2004 opens all saved .htm-.html files with default space before and after
= 5 points.

Of course, saving web pages as text files removes all formatting and paragraph
structure.

Am not a techie...Is there a simple Word 2004 solution?

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John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

In Word>Preferences>Compatibility you can enable "Don't use HTML paragraph
auto spacing."

Or, you can turn on your paragraph marks so you can see what you are doing.
You will then see that Word "emulates" spacing by adding blank paragraphs.

It's a design bug. Clive's solution will correct the problem.

Better know by Microsoft as an application enhancement. ;-)

Cheers

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[John McGhie]

Hi Phillip:

Better know by Microsoft as an application enhancement. ;-)

Yes, they "would" call it a "feature". And I suppose we would have to give
them a limited licence on this one: amongst people who do not want to learn
to use Word, more would complain if they removed that behaviour than do
complain because it is there.

But for those who do know how to use a word-processor, the whole idea of
"blank lines" is an outrage that simply makes it impossible to control the
pagination or picture placement in your documents.

Cheers

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Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]