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February 22, 2010 at 7:01 am #54953
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Actually, normal leading in Word is 120% of the font size. Thus a 12pt fontsize has 14.4pt leading. This is what Word refers to as single spacing. Thus, 1,5 linespacing equals a leading of 1.5*14.4=21.6pt for a 12pt fontsize.

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