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A menu appears. Choose a new line spacing value. The line spacing is set for the current paragraph or all selected paragraphs. Word adds the extra space below each line of text.
Learn how to change spacing between characters in MS Word. In this tutorial you will also see how to manage space between lines & paragraphs. For this first you have to go on the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Character Spacing tab. In the Spacing box, click Expanded or Condensed, and then specify how much space you want in the By box.
Change the line spacing in an entire document. Click Design Paragraph Spacing. Click the option you want. If you want to single space your document, choose No Paragraph Space. This overrides the settings of the style you’re currently using. If you decide later to return to the original settings, click Design Paragraph Spacing and choose the option under Style Set.
The option might be Default, as shown above, or it will show the name of style you’re currently using. Change the line spacing in a portion of the document To change the line spacing for only part of a document:.
Select the paragraphs you want to change. On the Home tab, click the Line and Paragraph Spacing button. Choose the number of line spaces you want or click Line Spacing Options at the bottom of the menu, and then select the options you want in the Paragraph dialog box under Spacing. If you want to change the spacing before or after each of the paragraphs in the text you selected, click the arrow next to Before or After and enter the amount of space that you want.
Note: Select the bulleted list that you want to format. On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Line Spacing, and then click Line Spacing Options.
Under Spacing, in the Before or After boxes, enter the paragraph spacing that you want. Change the spacing between lines or paragraphs for all new documents When you create a new document, Word uses the Normal template to determine the settings, such as the spacing between lines and between paragraphs. If you change the settings in this template, all new documents that you create will use the new settings. On the File menu, click Open, and then double-click /Users/ username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/Normal.dotm. Tip: If you are using Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), the Library folder is hidden by default. To browse to the Library folder from the Open dialog box, press COMMAND + SHIFT + G, and in the Go to folder box, type /Library. Double-click Normal.dotm.
The Normal template opens. On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Line Spacing, and then do any of the following: To Do this Change the spacing between lines Click the line spacing that you want.
Change the spacing between paragraphs Click Line Spacing Options, and then under Spacing, in the Before or After boxes, enter the paragraph spacing that you want. Save and close the Normal template. More line spacing tasks.