Outlook email double line spacing

[joshwa]

How do I fix this? it's set to double line spacing somehow - but no matter whether it's set to HTML, rich text, or plain text it's still double line spacing everytime I press enter...

[joshwa]

looked on the net and can't find anything to fix it :/

[Richie]

No idea but in the meantime till someone finds a permanent solution, hold CTRL when you hit enter and it should force a single line spacing.

[Atomic]

Dunno, but we get it a lot at work and it greatly annoys me.

[daverobev]

Its the paragraph style or something, it IS stupid but all you have to do is select the whole lot and set the style or type to normal...can't remember exactly as I'm at a Mac not a PC, but...

[Raz316]

what happens if you press ctrl+1 before you type anything? (ctrl+1 sets single line spacing where as ctrl+2 sets double). This should only affect HTML and RTF, but if it works, at least we know where the problem is coming from.

[joshwa]

that isn't permanant unfortunately
CTRL + 1 does work - but he'd have to press it everytime he writes a new email

[Raz316]

what version of office is it? when using word is double line spacing the default? MS Words normal.dot contains settings including line spacing, could it be that?

[joshwa]

Office 2000 - I'll check Word - cheers

[Moby-Dick]

try resetting normal.dot

search for it and rename it to normal.old

[Raz316]

any luck josh?

[axx2k]

The two solutions I know of are:

1. Stop using Word as an editor for your emails. Turn it off in the Options section of Outlook, under the Mail Format tab.

2. Open Word, select Format from the tool bar, then click Paragraph. On this page you will find the option for line spacing.

Hope that helps.

[MD]

remove the stationary you are using and go back to the office default.

[axx2k]

Adding to my last post, in Outlook, Select Tools, then Options, then select the Mail Format tab, and make sure that the Stationery and Fonts section has 'None' set as default stationery, instead of 'Blank'. This seems to be the problem in most cases.

[joshwa]

The two solutions I know of are:

1. Stop using Word as an editor for your emails. Turn it off in the Options section of Outlook, under the Mail Format tab.

2. Open Word, select Format from the tool bar, then click Paragraph. On this page you will find the option for line spacing.

Hope that helps.

This normally works I'd forgotten about this thread

[GeorgeMike]

Dude, create a new template... take use of the stationary background again... Things are resolved
Regard,