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From: Brian Murphy on 14 Jun 2008 10:03
I need space between a table and a "body text" paragraph following the
table.

My "body text" style uses only "space after", and zero "space
before".
I believe this is what is generally recommended for the body text
style.

So right now the paragraph following the table is too close to the
table, and I insert a blank line.

What do professional document people do in this situation?

Thanks
From: Jules on 14 Jun 2008 10:53
Hi Brian,
I use body text in my table for text more often than not so the space after
theme follows or if I use Tablebody style same result.
If you have Normal as your style or your preferred style is in Single space
in your table THEN select last row
Table Properties > Options
Change Bottom to 0.12 or less or more.

Hope this helps.
"Brian Murphy" <bmurphy(a)xlrotor.com> wrote in message
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>I need space between a table and a "body text" paragraph following the
> table.
>
> My "body text" style uses only "space after", and zero "space
> before".
> I believe this is what is generally recommended for the body text
> style.
>
> So right now the paragraph following the table is too close to the
> table, and I insert a blank line.
>
> What do professional document people do in this situation?
>
> Thanks


From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 14 Jun 2008 10:53
I have a Body Text Space Before style (with 12 pts Space Before) that I use
for this and other such situations. The following style is set to Body Text
(or Body Text First Indent, depending on which I'm using as the predominant
style).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Brian Murphy" <bmurphy(a)xlrotor.com> wrote in message
news:90d036cc-eb31-4fe4-aa45-0b99bea2c9c5(a)56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
>I need space between a table and a "body text" paragraph following the
> table.
>
> My "body text" style uses only "space after", and zero "space
> before".
> I believe this is what is generally recommended for the body text
> style.
>
> So right now the paragraph following the table is too close to the
> table, and I insert a blank line.
>
> What do professional document people do in this situation?
>
> Thanks
>


From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 14 Jun 2008 11:12
Adding Space After to text in the table isn't helpful if the table has a
border since the space is added *inside* the table (and border) rather than
below it (in contrast to its behavior with paragraph borders).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jules" <Sam(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Brian,
> I use body text in my table for text more often than not so the space
> after theme follows or if I use Tablebody style same result.
> If you have Normal as your style or your preferred style is in Single
> space in your table THEN select last row
> Table Properties > Options
> Change Bottom to 0.12 or less or more.
>
> Hope this helps.
> "Brian Murphy" <bmurphy(a)xlrotor.com> wrote in message
> news:90d036cc-eb31-4fe4-aa45-0b99bea2c9c5(a)56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
>>I need space between a table and a "body text" paragraph following the
>> table.
>>
>> My "body text" style uses only "space after", and zero "space
>> before".
>> I believe this is what is generally recommended for the body text
>> style.
>>
>> So right now the paragraph following the table is too close to the
>> table, and I insert a blank line.
>>
>> What do professional document people do in this situation?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
>


From: Brian Murphy on 14 Jun 2008 22:18
Thanks for the suggestions.

My tables have borders, so it looks like my options are to use a
special style for the paragraph following the table, or else insert a
blank line after the table (i.e. an empty paragraph in plain Normal
style).

Since I frequently copy and move paragraphs, it looks like an empty
Normal paragraph is the best choice for me.

It's a pity a table can't have its own setting for space after. It
would be handy for documents where table captions go above tables.
Otherwise my Table Caption style could take care of it.

Brian
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