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Extra Space Above the Last Line in a Paragraph?

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January 6, 2018
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Why would I be getting extra space above the last line in a paragraph? The problem isn't in the leading, space before or space after. Settings are the same for them through the whole paragraph, but the last line still gets set off a little too much. Is this a 2018 problem or am I missing something? Any suggestions for how to fix this?

Correct answer Barb Binder

And to keep this from ever happening again, just enable Apply Leading to Entire Paragraph in Preferences > Type (off as a default).

johnr48685593

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The short answer is there there is an aspect of the text set to a previous font size.

The quick solution is to click 4 times on the text and then change the font size.

(Of course, the long solution is to use paragraph styles, but we're not all superusers).

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Roberta37063099lmi4

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Thank you so much.

karenr97262083

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Genius! Thanks so much. I've been scratching my head for yonks on this one!

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Ben Kleschinsky

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Looks like the location for those settings changed. Can't find them anymore.

Barb Binder

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Ben, you are sharing a screenshot of Photoshop preferences. Photoshop does not offer the same level of type controls as InDesign.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Ben Kleschinsky

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My apologies, that clears up my confusion. I assumed all Adobe software would have this feature especially Photoshop. Thank you very much.

Michael_NextWord

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Thanks to all of you. Problem solved. Changing the preferences was extremely helpful.

Michael_NextWord

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btw ... I was logged in under my wife's ID. That's how my name changed.

Barb Binder

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And to keep this from ever happening again, just enable Apply Leading to Entire Paragraph in Preferences > Type (off as a default).

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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mailib84410345

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This is my biggest beef with Adobe. This program has one job--to correctly format--so why would I ever have to "tell" it to format something correctly?! I came looking for this answer because this has been repeatedly happening to one paragraph in an article, despite it having the proper paragraph style. Who would think you'd have to "prefer" that it follow the paragraph styles the whole program is based on? Maddening!

The worst is when Adobe "upgrades" something and automatically chooses the new thing in the update; then you have to spend an hour (on deadline) finding out what the new thing is and how to get it back to what you originally had. If I want to try out new updates I know how to find them, Adobe--let me add them on myself!

Luckily we have these forums so the problems are quick to fix. Thanks for this.

Rishabh_Tiwari

Community Manager

Hi ,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing the feedback. I understand how frustrating this can be. For the paragraph styles issue, you can try the suggestions shared in this discussion. For the automatic updates, you can turn it off by following the steps shared here. Feel free to reach out if you need further assistance.

Thanks

Rishabh

jane-e

Community Expert

Select just the pilcrow. It has a different typesize from everything else and you have auto leading for the paragraph. The leading is in parenthesis because it is auto. You will not see this if the entire paragraph has a specific leading. Make the pilcow the same size as the text and the problem goes away.

There are three ways to select a paragraph:

Top to bottom: you may or may not include the pilcrow
Bottom to top: you will never include the pilcrow. If you have auto leading and choose a smaller type size you will have this problem. Always.
Click 4 times: you will have the pilcrow

Best practices: