How do get good looking justified paragraphs?

Question

Avoid ugly white space in justified formatted content (i.e. lines should be spread to fill the whole width).

If I have this paragraph (one paragraph, using Shift+Enter to split it into several short lines):

a b c
c d e
f g h

and select "Justify" as formatting, I see this on the screen:

a                          b                             c
c                         d                              e
f g h

How do I get word to stop justifying short lines/treat all lines like the last one?

Answer 1

Just enter a tab (tab) directly before line break (Shift+Enter).

A bit longer story: http://word.tips.net/T001324_Using_Manual_Line_Breaks_with_Justified_Paragraphs.html