How to single space paragraphs in Word

I finally got fed up with the way that Word automatically spaces paragraphs and figured out how to reset my defaults so that all of my paragraphs are single spaced. If you find the default spacing irritating too, here is how to fix that problem.(click on the image to enlarge.)

how to fix Word spacing

1.Open Word and right click on Normal style (see illustration) and select Modify from the window that opens

2.Select the button next to New documents based on this template at the bottom of the window

3.Click on Format drop down menu and select Paragraph from the drop down box

4.Set spacing to 0 in the After window

5.Click OK in the Paragraph window

6.Click OK in the Modify Style window.

From now on, Word will single space all of your paragraphs. Hallelujah!