How to change default line spacing in wordpad

Hi all,

I use wordpad 10+ times a day and what really bugs me (and I bet
I'm not alone) is having to everytime click twice the line spacing
menu to get things 'as they should be'.

So, there is the trick to make an .rtf file with, say, one space,
save it somewhere with all the formattings the way you like
them and then make a shortcut for it and just replace the
wordpad-shortcut you've used so far with that.

BUT, I'm just geeky curious if someone really knows a
way to set the default some otherway.. So that I even
wouldn't have to delete that single space in the 'template'
.rtf file.

I'm baffled that this is not an option in the menus...

best wishes

dr.Z

WordPad does not have the feature to control line spacing. You may want to move up to a more feature-rich word processor, such as Word, WordPerfect, or other freeware or shareware word processors.

Just for example,

Freeware Word Processors

OpenOffice.org

In fact i'd like to move down to less feature-rich word processor (like the worpad in xp was)... Notepad would do fine but it supports no file format that would include bold italic and underline... that would be all i needed. Any1 knows if the xp wordpad.exe can just be copied and used in Win7.. probably is and that's what I'm gonna do.

dr.Z

What menu are you using to change the line spacing? All I know of are teh keyboard shortcuts to change line spacing (found via websearch).

cybercore,
You can change WP line spacing by highliting text, then hitting
CTRL-1 for single line spacing (in case you cut-pasted some oddly spaced text),
CTRL-2 for double spaced, and
CTRL-5 for 1.5 line spaced

Here is a small program that fixes the issue

Wordpad Enter Spacing issue

Similar problem.....or same problem?
I copy an email in single line spacing and paste it into Wordpad to clean it up, spell check it, etc., and in Wordpad it comes up double spaced and I can't get rid of that horrible spacing. Where does it come from anyway???

OT

The fix is actually quite simple (if you don't mind getting your fingers dirty). The settings might be baked into wordpad (silly thing to do), but the templates-system is still there.
1. Create a template file called "New Rich Text Document.rtf " (or whatever you want the default filename to be) in C:\Windows\ShellNew\ , edit this file to your desired settings. Don't forget to save.
2. Open regedit, browse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew and add a new string (New -> String Value) calledFileName . Choose Modify and set Value data to "New Rich Text Document.rtf ". (or whatever your template is called)

Or you can paste the following into a pure text-file named rtf.reg. Remember to create the template...
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]

"FileName"="New Rich Text Document.rtf"

I tried that but somehow (off site link removed) the registry won't change with the .reg file... (myth)

But anyway I think that only fixes a create new file with mouse right click.
I call out word pad 99% time from run command>>write, it it just annoying that it spaces out so much.
Such a retarded "new" feature

The problem is not with line spacing.
With Win7 the wordpad "enter" key is similar to the "enter" key with MSWord and starts a new paragraph.
To create a new line without starting a new paragraph try using the "shift +enter" key combination.
It's an extra keystroke but is does remove the annoying extra space between the lines.

ref:
Soft return - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia