Troubleshooting paragraph spacing, line spacing, indents, and tab stops

Now that we've looked at how to troubleshoot space between characters and letters and how to view hidden formatting symbols, we can move on to troubleshoot slightly harder spacing issues. These spacing issues won't necessarily be caused by anything that has been typed or inserted into the document itself. Instead, it is likely to be created by a setting within Microsoft Word that is difficult to see at a glance unless you know where to go look. In the following screenshot, you will find an example document with a variety of sample line and paragraph spacing problems where it is difficult to determine what might be the exact cause:

Figure 12.18 – Example line and paragraph spacing problems

When we turn on our hidden formatting marks and our ruler, we can observe a few clues as to what might be the problem. To tackle these various spacing issues, we are going to divide and...