WD2000: Unable to Remove Gap Between Heading Text and Paragraph (211673)

SYMPTOMS

When you type text in a large point size, for example as a heading for a paragraph, a large space is left under the letters of the heading for descender characters. As a result, text on subsequent lines is forced down below this descender space, regardless of the line spacing you choose.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use the Table feature. By using a table to reduce the size of the descender area, you can place text immediately under characters with large point sizes.

To reduce the size of the descender area, follow these steps:

On the Table menu, point to Insert, click Table, and then create a one-column table with two rows. Place the large heading in the first row and the smaller type in the second row.
Click the first cell, and then click Table Properties on the Table menu.
On the Row tab, click to select the Specify height check box, and then click Exactly in the Row height is box .
In the Specify height box, type the font size used in the selected row of the table, and then click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

When you enter information into the table, the cells resemble the following:

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   |       40-point type        |
   |  (large descender space)   |
   ------------------------------
   |        9-point type        |
   ------------------------------

After you change the minimum row height for the top cell in this example to -40, the cells resemble the following:

   ------------------------------
   |       40-point type        |
   ------------------------------
   |        9-point type        |
   ------------------------------

The descender space will be removed, and the 9-point type appears immediately under the 40-point type.