Word 2007’s default Normal style includes formatting for spacing after the paragraph and a line spacing larger than Single.

To adjust the Normal style to have no spacing after the paragraph and be single spaced do the following:

1. On the Home tab, the Styles group, locate Normal
2. Right-mouse click on Normal
3. Click on Modify
4. On the bottom left of the style box, click Format, then Paragraph
5. On the Indents and Spacing tab, change the Spacing After: to 0 pt (zero)
6. Change the Line spacing: to Single
7. Click OK
8. Click the radio circle in front of New documents based on this template that appears at the bottom of the Modify Style dialog box
9. If you want to change the font type or size, do it now.  All future documents you created based on this default template will conform to the changes you make.
10. Click OK