Resolved MS Word 2007 Applying paragraph style creates large spaces

I am trying to format a document applying styles in Word 2007. I could get the paragraphs to have no line space between them and .3 indent on first lines of paragraphs. But I ran into the the following two problems after formatting (of course, I still keep a copy of the original text):

1) On many pages there are large blank white spaces not created by page breaks. When I press 'delete' at the end of the paragraph, that pulls the next paragraph and links it to this paragraph. Of course, when press 'enter' at that point, the paragraphs are separated, but then the blank space reappears.

2) There is a large number of words in the original document which are foreign and marked with diacrtical marks and italicized. When I paragraph formatted the text, the formatting retained the diacritical marks but removed all italicization.

I would appreciate if someone could suggest a solution to these problems.

 

Hi Moorty, is there any help in here for you? Style basics in Word - Word
or here 4. Formatting Text, Paragraphs, and Headings [Book]
or here Understanding Styles in Microsoft Word - A Tutorial in the Intermediate Users Guide to Microsoft Word Have a look in Trouble shooting.

 

No, not much help there. Thank you. I tried in paragraph formatting checking "keep with next" under the "line and page breaks tab ", as was suggested by someone on line. That worked in a few cases, but didn't work in most others.
I can't tell you why..

 

I have solved both the problems: 1) Using the 'normal' style and modifying the paragraphs within it, and within the paragraph style, under the "Line and Page Breaks" tab, unchecking both "Keep with next" and "Keep lines together" boxes;
and 2) using the same 'normal' style and modifying the line spacing, font size or whatever and updating each paragraph; and this retained the italics of fonts, because I didn't change the fonts (which is what caused the problem before, I think.)

 

Thanks for your reply and nice to see you've overcome your problem.