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: In Word, what does "single" line spacing actually mean? If you look at the paragraph settings in Microsoft Word, there's an option for "Line spacing". This actually seems like a misnamed field,

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If you look at the paragraph settings in Microsoft Word, there's an option for "Line spacing". This actually seems like a misnamed field, because it seems to control leading.

The default is single, but there are options for Multiple and Exactly. If you use exactly, you can approximate setting the leading value for lines (such as using exactly 15pt to get 12/15pt Arial).

What does the default value of "single" actually mean? Is it scaling somehow to the font? Using some value built into the font?

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@Ann6370331

Please see support.office.com/en-za/article/Adjust-the-line-spacing-between-text-or-paragraphs-3eb8c1b8-d96a-4d9c-8bbb-48dc7e264d7f
The value of "single" line spacing is 1.15 or 115%. The page offers direction for changing the default value.

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@Jessie844

The single line in Word is similar to using "auto" leading in the Adobe software or 100% in CSS, etc. The multi, double will scale too.

It gets adjusted with the size of the font and it's a default setting for leading indeed. Microsoft Adobe or else simply names it differently, as you already mentioned.

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