subject - line spacing in Word 2010

Sinamana, I know how you feel.  I also learned to type on a typewriter and in fact used a typewriter for many years, and when I changed to a computer, it took me a while to remember not to hit Enter at the end of every line.  Now I am comfortable using the computer and in fact I enjoy all the options for controlling line spacing so that the line spacing is exactly the way I want, even to fine increments.  There are several ways to control line spacing.  You have to experiment with them until you get used to them and know which ones you want to use.  They are: 

1)  click on the Line Spacing area in the middle of the Paragraph Group and select a line spacing option (1, 1.5, 2, etc.);

2) click on the lower right-hand corner of the Paragraph Group and work with the options in the Spacing section (you can even set a particular line spacing as a default setting); if you click on Exactly or Multiple, you can even set a custom line spacing; and

3) you can set up different styles in the Styles Group: click on the lower right-hand corner of the Styles Group; you can modify Normal or create new styles that contain different line spacing (with or without changing the font).  Once you have set up a few styles, you can switch back and forth between those styles just by clicking on a square in the Styles Group. (You may have to click on Manage Styles and modify settings so that the different styles change when you want them to.)

I would like to encourage you to try these line spacing methods out.  You will have more control over line spacing than you had with a typewriter, not less.

Use Shift+Enter to produce a line break.  If that is too hard to learn, then change your style (probably the Normal style in your case) set the line spacing to single, space before and after 0.

That is not how Word is designed to be used, but you can use it that way if it suits your needs.

Edited:  "too hard to learn" is not meant to imply a learning disability.  I suppose "If your old habits are too hard to break" may have sounded better.  Sorry.