Setting default line spacing in Wordpad

Anonymous

Hello,

I have noticed an extremely annoying trait in the Windows 7 version of Word Pad. The Default line spacingis set to 1.15 and "add 10pt after paragraphs".

I would like to change the Default line spacing to 1.0 and "No 10 pt space after paragraphs". is this possible with a registry hack?

I realize this is silly, but it really is annoying.

Any Input is very much appreciated,

Paul

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Anonymous

I found a really simple trick to bypass this really annoying trait.

I create a simple Wordpad document with the desired settings I want (including fixing the spacing).

I then delete every character, save one ( If you delete the last one Wordpad will default back to

Cambria - 11pt).

Now save this document as 'Document.rtf' or whatever name you want and to any directory you want.

Create a shortcut on your desktop to this file. Then rename the shortcut Wordpad.

Now whenever you open Wordpad thru this link you will have it open and ready to go with all your settings!

There will be of course one character there, but I start all my Wordpad encounters with copying & pasting

so I never notice it.

I realize this fix might not be what everyone wants, but for anyone who just opens Wordpad from their

desktop like me and many others it is a extremely simple fix to a most annoying problem.

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Anonymous

Hi,

I am afraid t o inform that this is by design in Windows 7 and you will not be able to change it.

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2015-03-20T01:18:34+00:00

I was able to change the spacing to only one line!

--in your documents library, you should be able to right click on "new" and then click on "rich text document". If this fails, you may need to go to the Start menu, type in "notepad", open a notepad file, save it, then copy it as an rtf document (someone may need to elaborate on this latter step).

--at this point in my newly-created rtf document, the spacing is one and a half lines.

--to change the spacing to only one line, type two short lines of text in your document, then click on the "select all" box on the toolbar (hover the cursor over it and the title should appear), or just click CTRL + A to select all text.

--with all the text selected, go up to the toolbar to the "line spacing" box (again, hover the cursor over the box and the text will appear), click on the right-arrow in the box to open its menu, click on "1.0" for spacing AND--very important--UNCHECK THE BOX that says "Add 10pt space after paragraphs". You should immediately see the spacing close to only one line.

--save this document as your template for future use.

Failing any of this, you can try this next step. Once you open a notepad file or rtf document. open the "dialog box" on the page or in the toolbar area (for text size, I think). Then you can check a space in that dialog box to change the spacing to only one line.

I tried finding that dialog box once I did it and saved a document with the one-line spacing, but I can't find it anymore...it's possible it disappears once you make that change. If anyone else discovers that, please post further directions for others.

One other thing--you may have to open the initial notepad file or rtf document and save it FIRST before you reopen it or copy it and then open the dialog box to make the change.
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2015-03-20T11:48:40+00:00

I was able to change the spacing to only one line!

I tried finding that dialog box once I did it and saved a document with the one-line spacing, but I can't find it anymore...it's possible it disappears once you make that change. If anyone else discovers that, please post further directions for others.

One other thing--you may have to open the initial notepad file or rtf document and save it FIRST before you reopen it or copy it and then open the dialog box to make the change.

Hi Donald!

See my screen capture in my****December 25, 2014 post. The icons are there waiting for you as soon as you open WordPad....:-).... It will always default back to 1.15 line spacing when you open WordPad unless you do one of the workarounds suggested earlier in this thread.

Janet
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2015-06-15T20:51:04+00:00

I went old-fashioned. I just created an rtf file with the desired attributes and saved it, read-only, to my documents folder. I then wrote a batch file to open it:

@echo off

mode con: cols=120 lines=50

goto BYPASS

rem *****************************************************************

rem | diskfile: WordPad.bat

rem | purpose: Open WordPad with a pre-configured template to avoid default line spacing irritations

rem | version: 1.00

rem | date   : 06/15/2015

rem | author : Larry White

rem *****************************************************************

rem | 1.00 (06/15/2015)

rem *****************************************************************

:BYPASS

rem DIRECT PROGRAM TO HELP USER

if (%1) == (?) goto HELP

if (%1) == (/?) goto HELP

if (%1) == (/H) goto HELP

if (%1) == (/h) goto HELP

if (%1) == (H) goto HELP

if (%1) == (h) goto HELP

rem SET ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES: RTF Template Path

rem ...

set RTFTEMPLATE=c:\users\whitelr\Documents\NewRTF.rtf

rem SEE IF THE BACKUP DRIVE IS ATTACHED

if not exist %RTFTEMPLATE% goto NO_TEMPLATE

rem COMMAND LINE TO START WORDPAD

   write %RTFTEMPLATE%

goto END

:HELP

   cls

   echo .

   echo .

   echo This batch file opens a pre-configured RTF diskfile, "NewRTF.rtf" to avoid having to deal with the default line-spacing.

   echo .

   echo .

   echo No replaceable parameters are required.

   echo.

goto END

:NO_TEMPLATE

   rem ADVISE USER THAT THE TEMPLATE FILE WASN'T FOUND

   cls

   echo .

   echo .

   echo .

   echo The %RTFTEMPLATE% diskfile was not found

   echo .

   echo .

goto END

:END

c:

cd\

exit
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