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When creating text boxes with Microsoft PowerPoint you may notice that the spacin
g between text lines seems inconsistent. This can happen if you create restraining text boxes by drawing a rectangle or square on your slide. \par
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When working in a restraining text box and you hit the return key before reaching the end of the tex
t box, PowerPoint thinks you are starting a new paragraph. PowerPoint will then set the before paragraph value to be .5 (the default). This will give the illusion of an incorrect line spacing setting).\par
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If the above behaviour is not expected, u
se one of the following methods to revert or eliminate this behaviour:\par
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Method 1: Create the text box by doing the following:\par
a Single click on the text tool (represented as an A on the toolbar) to select.\par
b Single click on your slide
. You should see a flashing I-beam on the slide.\par
c Type your first line of text then hit the return key. PowerPoint will now treat the second line of text as the same paragraph.\par
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Method 2: If your text is already created, change the befor
e paragraph value to zero:\par
a Single Line Spacing from the Format menu. \par
b Click Line Spacing from the Format menu. If you are working with PowerPoint 3.0 you will find the Line Spacing dialog in the Text menu.\par
c Change the Before Paragrap
h value to zero.\par
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Quick tip\par
In PowerPoint 4, there's no 'repeat last action' command whereas a great feature in PowerPoint 7 is that you can use CTRL + Y or choose repeat from the edit menu.
