Have you tried recording a macro when you change that setting?

>You were right craig.
>i went to document in word and the option to 'remove space after each paragraph' does solve the issue of the extra lines
> - question now is how would i do that in the automation coding
>i have added the following if that's any help. can't seem to find anything obvious in the literature.
>

>loSelection.Start=1
>loSelection.End=len(filetostr(mytext.txt))
>

>
>>Word may be adding spacing between paragraphs. If each line ends with a CR/LF, Word will see it as a new paragraph. You'll have to change it in paragraph settings. Or, remove the CR/LF from the text file.
>>
>>>I am trying to create a .doc from plain text and format font and line spacing. the font works i can't find anything about removing line spacing in the document. the text itself does not appear to have any added lines between so it appears to word that is adding it.
>>>i would like to add a loselection for line spacing of 0
>>>does anyone know how to do that.
>>>
>>>thanks
>>>k
>>>

>>>LOCAL loWord, loSelection, loDocument
>>>loWord = CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application")
>>>loWord.Visible = .T.
>>>loDocument = loWord.Documents.Add()
>>>loSelection = loWord.Selection
>>>
>>>loSelection.Font.Name= "lucida console"
>>>loSelection.Font.Size= "7"
>>>loSelection.TypeText(filetostr(mytext.txt))
>>>