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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 4
Does this problem occur when you are in Word or when you paste it to be posted? If the lines become formatted like that in Word it might be an error with the page format. In Word click Page Layout. In Spacing you should make sure that both before and after is 0 pt. The default format for Word seems to be Before - 0 pt and After - 10 pt.

Not sure if this is your problem or if its even related. It annoys me when Word does formatting like that by default when I don't want it so when I saw your post I thought it might be related to that... ^^"
 
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Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 1
So I will seriously love anyone who can help me out with my little problem/question!

I write my fics using Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac. I also use the "paste from word processor" button when I upload my chapters. But, with or without using that button, I always end up with extra spaces. (By spaces, I essentially mean lines, like when you press the Return/Enter key.)

For example. Instead of my lines looking like this:

This day's black fate on more days doth depend:
This but begins the woe others must end."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 3.1

They look like this:

This day's black fate on more days doth depend:

This but beings the woe others must end."

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 3.1


Is there anyone out there willing to help a newbie out and explain this me to ?
 
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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 277
What browser are you using? That might have something to do with it. For many people, Firefox works the best... but for others, Chrome is better.

When I go in and help authors having trouble with their formatting, I usually copy from the edit chapter screen, paste into my ancient copy of Word for XP, select all, change the font to Verdana 10pt., then correct the wonky spacing. Then I select all, copy, and paste directly back into the edit chapter screen.

The word processor thingy stopped working for me about 6 months ago, lol!

Hope this helps!!

~~Wiccan~~
 
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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 1
I'm using Safari, but I guess I'll try Chrome to see if that helps.

Thanks so much for getting back to me! Hopefully it works
 
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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 1
Well, Firefox didn't work and neither did Chrome :/
I also tried everything else you suggested (the copying, pasting, fixing then re-pasting) and none of that worked either.

I guess I'll just deal with it. No one's sent me a message complaining about it or anything. It just a little weird to read like that. No worries though! Thanks again
 
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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 277
I'll keep my fingers crossed, be sure to let us know, 'k?
:?
~~Wiccan~~

EDIT - Okay, helps to read all the posts before replying, huh? *sigh* If you'd like, and you're not averse to me doing so, I'll try to keep an eye on your stuff and fix it when I find it, would that help for now?

Let me know!

~~Wiccan~~
 
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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 1
Ah, that would be wonderful if possible! I don't want to be too much of a bother, though!

(&It's okay, I think we posted at the same time and that's why it came out like that, lol.)
 
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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 277
No problem, I will just try to keep an eye out for it when I read through the front page. I do it for a few other authors, so one more certainly shouldn't kill me!

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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 1
It's not the Word formatting - I wish it was that simple, lol. But thanks for offering
 
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Re:Extra Spaces/Lines in Chapters 11 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 4
Sucky then. Oh well, thought I might as well say something
 
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