SPS / PD2 - Generated Document Doesn't Format Spacing
Started by in the win column · Oct 2, 2019 · 8 replies
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in the win column
Oct 2, 2019 · 6y ago
SPS / PD2 users...
I am creating a lengthy PWS in a new contract with a multi-level numbering structure and 12pt paragraph spacing. This seems to work out just fine, however when I generate the contract and print preview, the automatic spacing has been removed. (Numbering and other formatting generates correctly). The result is a generated document that's very difficult to read due to lack of spacing.
Is there a formatting setting or something I can do to get the automatic spacing to show up in my generated document?
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ji20874
Oct 4, 2019 · 6y ago
I don't know about SPS/PD2, but I can share a work-around I have used for other dim-witted systems.
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If the dim-witted system pushes all the paragraphs together so that there are no blank lines, I sometimes use a period the sole character on a line.
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I am doing it here to illustrate.
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Will this solve your problem? The periods aren't elegant, but the result is far prettier than no blank lines. - D
Don Mansfield
Oct 4, 2019 · 6y ago
You could even put the periods in white font so they are invisible. Like this
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and this
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or you could put in Easter eggs instead of just periods like this:
.Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.
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in the win column
Oct 4, 2019 · 6y ago
Thanks both, but it's not the manual spacing there's an issue with. It's automatic paragraph spacing (for example, setting 12 pt spacing under paragraph formatting). I could just manually insert a space between paragraphs, or a period, or easter egg (!!) but was hoping an SPS user would have figured out the auto spacing.
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ji20874
Oct 4, 2019 · 6y ago
I love the Easter Egg idea for subliminal messaging!
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Jonfucius
Oct 8, 2019 · 6y ago
Based on my experience with PD2, it won't like anything that has a lot of formatting. My agency's PD2 install defaults to single-spaced 10pt Times New Roman, and throws fits when anything other than plain text (in that format) is added to an Add Text or fill-in clause. Wish I could help, as I'm usually able to bend PD2 to my will.
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uva383
Oct 10, 2019 · 6y ago
Set the paragraphs setting to double space. Should work to add spacing. I have that issue every time they issue an update in SPS.
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in the win column
Oct 10, 2019 · 6y ago
uva383 said:
Set the paragraphs setting to double space. Should work to add spacing. I have that issue every time they issue an update in SPS.
Thanks, I don't think I'm tracking though, I want the line spacing to remain single. Current paragraph spacing setting is "After - 12pt" - are you saying there's an alternative to 12pt that would allow automatic paragraph spacing?
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uva383
Oct 12, 2019 · 6y ago
On 10/10/2019 at 9:04 AM, in the win column said:
Thanks, I don't think I'm tracking though, I want the line spacing to remain single. Current paragraph spacing setting is "After - 12pt" - are you saying there's an alternative to 12pt that would allow automatic paragraph spacing?
Oh ok misread that. Sps uses word as the text formatting. I would clear all the style formatting in the document and then set it how you want.
To remove styles using the “Clear Formatting” command, select the text from which you want to remove the style. Then click the “More” button in the “Styles” button group of the “Home” tab in the Ribbon. Then choose the “Clear Formatting” command from the list of menu options