I'm using Windows 2007, and it supports spacing before and after a paragraph.  
Go to the Paragraph dialog, as show in attachment 1.  
		
			
 
			- Go to the paragraph section of the tool bar.
 
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		 Then, go to the second tab, as shown in Attachment 2.
		
			
 
			- Go to the second tab of the Paragraph dialog
 
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