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line spacing
I'm creating a word doc (w/the help of ChatGPT). I copied and pasted from GPT into a Word doc, but I can't duplicate the spacing from one line to another.
When I put the cursor behind a line and hit enter, the next line doesn't match up.
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✔ Medical & Clinical Laboratories
✔ Pharmaceutical & Biotech Facilities
✔ Research Laboratories
✔ Dialysis Centers
✔ Electronics Manufacturing
✔ Industrial Processing Facilities
This is what happens when I put the cursor behind Laboratories. The spacing is way bigger and has no checkmark. What gives?
✔ Medical & Clinical Laboratories
✔ Pharmaceutical & Biotech Facilities
✔ Research Laboratories
✔ Dialysis Centers
✔ Electronics Manufacturing
✔ Industrial Processing Facilities
The formatting issue arises because Microsoft Word interprets the pasted checkmarks as custom bullet symbols. When you press Enter, Word inserts a new paragraph with its default spacing rather than continuing the existing list format. To resolve this, you should adjust the bullet list settings and line spacing options within Word to ensure consistency across all items.
Change line spacing between bullets in a list in Word - Microsoft Support
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When the bullet symbols are large they will affect the Line Spacing. You can work around this by setting a fixed value for the spacing. Choose the "Exactly" option in the Paragraph dialog box and specify a fixed value in points (some trial and error may be required to find the appropriate value).
Note that Spacing Before/After will also affect the distance between baselines.
Also, to ensure that you have only pressed Enter once in between list items, display nonprinting marks (click the ¶ icon on the Home tab).
A screen shot would provide a clearer picture of what you are dealing with, as I suggested a couple of weeks ago.
Please post a screen shot of your document page, with nonprinting characters activated. That will give more clues to what happens in your document.
The formatting issue arises because Microsoft Word interprets the pasted checkmarks as custom bullet symbols. When you press Enter, Word inserts a new paragraph with its default spacing rather than continuing the existing list format. To resolve this, you should adjust the bullet list settings and line spacing options within Word to ensure consistency across all items.
Change line spacing between bullets in a list in Word - Microsoft Support
