Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

Paf Boing — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:39:31 GMT

Thanks for the tips. Can you confirm that "Line spacing at least" and "Snap to Grid" are completely independent and that there's no way to precisely match them? (The small grid and Calibri 11 don't even match when "Line spacing at least" is left at 0).

IMHO, there's really room for improvement in that area... Grid size should be connected to line spacing. Even though the unrestricted aspect of OneNote is great , it also makes it hard to create clean pages. The discrepancy mentioned above, plus the inability to align containers, plus the absence of a simple shortcut to create a new container at the next line tarnish the otherwise great character of OneNote.

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

Jasonjac2 — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:23:05 GMT

Stumbled across this, thank you. Had abandoned a sheet as I couldn't work out how to fix.

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

patrick091 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:40:49 GMT

great post! i have got the knowledge about double spacing in one note very well. diagrammatic explanations have made it very easy for me to learn.

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re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

jackshafer — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:02:27 GMT

Thanks a ton, Michael! That will save me a bundle of time.

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

Michael C. Oldenburg — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:23:30 GMT

@jackshafer: You can add double-spacing between paragraphs in OneNote by entering the appropriate value in the "After" box in the Paragraph Spacing dialog box (for the default font in OneNote, try entering a value of 27 or higher). This feature is not only available in OneNote; you can use it in several other Office programs, too (such as Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, etc.).

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

jackshafer — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:36:23 GMT

Is there a way to add double space between paragraphs only in OneNote?

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

Michael C. Oldenburg — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:24:11 GMT

@Cindy K.: Great question. Unfortunately, it is not currently possible to save your paragraph spacing preference as a default setting. However, if you'd like to apply your current, preferred paragraph spacing to other parts of your notebook more quickly, you can use the method that ShelLuser described. First select a paragraph that has the line spacing you want, and then double-click the Format Painter button on the Home tab. Next, bring any text into view to which you want to apply the same formatting as your selection and then single-click anywhere within the additional text paragraphs. You can do this repeatedly and even freely switch between pages and sections. When you're done applying your line space formatting to other text paragraphs in your notebook, press the ESC key on your keyboard to get out of Format Painter mode. Thanks for posting a comment and for stopping by to read our blog!

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

ShelLuser — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:34:10 GMT

@Edo

Well, paragraph formatting is a common aspect (IMO anyway) in Word. So if you have a little Word experience then this option should be slightly familiar (in Word 2010 you'll find this in 'Home' as well, in the 'paragraph' section). While this isn't fully true one could say that OneNote "combines" several features which are found in other Office applications. Although differently, considering that OneNote is neither a text processor nor (for example) a presentation program as Powerpoint.

@Cindy

To my knowledge you can't change the standard layouts like you can in Word.

However, if you have a layout you like and want to apply to other sections you can easily copy and paste this. So select a line of text which has your layout, then right click and select "layout copy" (don't know the exact name, its in the "quick tools" section (the pop up appearing besides your standard pop-up menu) in the lower right corner). The icon which looks like a brush. You can also find it in your default 'Home' ribbon; the option at the left side of the ribbon, in the "Clipboard" section (there it too is located in the lower right corner).

Sorry if this may sound a bit confusing but I'm using a localized version of OneNote so have to translate some words, and I don't know for sure if I'm using the official names.

Now; after you've done that it gets easy. Just select the text on which you want to apply this new layout and you're done. That text will immediately get the new layout.

Also; if you want to apply your layout to multiple sections then this is possible too; just double-click the icon I mentioned above. Then as soon as you applied the layout to a section you remain in "layout pasting mode" and can simply select another section of text, and continue to do so untill you press the 'escape' key to exit this mode.

(note that this option also works in Word, its actually one of my favorites).

Hope this helps!

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

Cindy K. — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:12:43 GMT

Is there a way to set a default paragraph spacing so that all text I type will always use the settings?

re: Adjust paragraph spacing in OneNote 2010

edo — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:03:54 GMT

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