You've just selected your entire Word 2007 document and clicked on the Paragraph dialog box launcher to change the line spacing after each paragraph to 10 points. You click OK, then notice that all the paragraphs have been adjusted except for your numbered lists.
Unlike earlier releases, Word 2007 turns on the Don't Add Space Between Paragraphs Of The Same Style feature in the built-in bullet and number styles. Thus, when working with paragraph styles, you need to turn this feature off if you want your paragraph formatting to apply to your bulleted and numbered lists.
Follow these steps:
- Select the paragraphs you want to format.
- On the Home tab, click the dialog launcher in the Paragraph group.
- Click in the After box under Spacing and enter 10.
- Clear the Don't Add Space Between Paragraphs Of The Same Style check box.
- Click OK.
Now each numbered item is separated from the next item by 10 points.
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