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Microsoft word is interpreting 0 points before or after a paragraph as at least 14-20 points. I can add extra space after the paragraph by adjusting the paragraph parameters but the paragraph itself defaults to this giant gap even at 0pt. There's only one paragraph break, and I feel like I've checked absolutely everything. Am I missing something obvious? Is there some hidden menu somewhere?

There seems to be a solution, but it involves laboriously copying and pasting paragraphs without formatting and then reformatting them, and aside from this being a 100+ page document, there are numerous footnotes, endnotes, and highlighted reviewer comments that need to be maintained, so that's a far less than ideal solution.

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    Don't select any of the text of the 2nd paragraph and you will see the issue in the paragraph toolbar panel.
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Dec 22, 2018 at 19:34
  • I don't know why you deleted my answer. It certainly -did- answer the question... Do a shift-return for a single line paragraph break. To make it permanent, go into the Spacing section and set Before and After to 0 pt and Line spacing to Single. You may need to click the little button in the lower right of the paragraph section to get the full menu...
    – BobT
    Dec 22, 2018 at 19:37
  • No, the single paragraph has the same issues as both paragraphs. If they didn't share formatting one of those entries would show a blank instead of a value. Also BobT your answer doesn't address the question. The spacing is ALREADY set to 0pt for both paragraphs.
    – SpanishMatlock
    Dec 22, 2018 at 19:53
  • But I'll bet the line spacing is not set to 'single' under the paragraph spacing settings...
    – BobT
    Dec 22, 2018 at 23:12
  • The paragraphs are set to single line spacing, as you can see from the fact that they are set that way in the image.
    – SpanishMatlock
    Dec 23, 2018 at 4:30

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Do a shift-return for a single line paragraph break. To make it permanent, go into the Spacing section and set Before and After to 0 pt and Line spacing to Single. You may need to click the little button in the lower right of the paragraph section to get the full menu...

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  • Please read the question again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question.
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Dec 22, 2018 at 19:44
  • I read the question. I understand that he's already set before and after to 0. There is another parameter called 'Line Spacing' that should be set to 'Single' to get the spacing between paragraphs he seems to want. I don't see that parameter mentioned as having been set.
    – BobT
    Dec 22, 2018 at 23:18
  • I'm not very conversant with the mini-Markdown formatting used here, so perhaps you saw the original post with just a link to the image, but you can definitely see in the image that both paragraphs are single spaced and there is only one <p> character between them, which would eliminate the possibility of a double-spaced paragraph hiding between the two paragraphs shown.
    – SpanishMatlock
    Dec 23, 2018 at 6:41

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